Figure 1.--This family snapshot shows the three kids of a family on a pool diving board. Diven the foliagem we are guessing that it is California. The chilren look to be about 7-12 years old. Nitice they are all weating leather shoes, not sneakers. The younger boy's shirts look like madras, but they could be plaid (a patern). Moyrice the ,afras/p;aid pattern is reprated on the shirt making it a set.

Short pants were done in sevral different materials/fabrics furing the 1960s. Most were done in cotton drill, the same kind of fabric commonly used for boys' slacks, often called chinos. This included most popular kinds of shorts including regular shorts, Bermudas, Scout and Cub shorts, and camp shorts. We notice references to khaki but this seens more of a color than a fabric. Boxer shorts (meaning short pants not underwear) for younger boys playwear and school gym were done in a cheaper cotton fabric. We notice colorful madras shorts. There were also mafras shirts. Madras is a strong, fine-textured cotton fabric, typically patterned with colorful patterns looking something like plaid. Some were done in seersucker, but this was more popuar for shirts. We think there were cord shorts available, mostly in California. There were jean shorts, often done as cut-offs. Flannel shorts were done for dressy wear, often part of short pants suits. They were commonly done as suspender shorts for the younger boys.

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