Figure 1.--Here we see an unidentified English boy in his back garden. He is wearing a one-piece short pants knit outfit with a blouse ankle socks, and strap shoes. We are not sure waht the English eould call this gaerment. It isa kind of knit shortall. The boy is playing the diablo game. That was more popular in France. The family snapshot is undated, but looks like the 1930s.

Knits are generally seen as cold wear clothing, especailly sweaters. We see many younger children wearing knit outfits in all weather during the mid-20th century, including summer wear. Knits for some reason seem especially popular in England. While we see most knits in cold weather, we see younger boys wearing knit outfits in the summer as well. This was often matching knit tops and ahort pants. Some seem to be a onge piece garment. We are not sure what they were called. This seems to be mostly outfits for pre-school boys. These were outfits worn year round, both the winter and summer. They were worn during the winterbbecause short pants were the standwear for boys rehardless of the weather or climate. There were knit long pants, but they were not very common in contrast to the knit short pants. And we see no indication in the photographic record that there was any seasonality involved in weaing these outfits, especially before World War II.

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