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Short pants emerged as an important style for younger boys in the 1920s, not nearly as imoprtant as in Europe, but an important pants type, especially for younger boys. Knickers were muvh more common, especially for school age bots (beyond abour 3rd grade), but shorts were commonly worn by youngerr boys, shots and knickers to a substantial degree replaced the knee pants that has dominated boyswear for decades. We have not noted many American boys comonly wearing suspender shorts in the 1920s. We do note boys wearing suspenders, but not shorts pants with attached suspender straps in the same material as the pants as were wore in Europe. We have found a pair of vintage suspender pants that look to have been worn in the 1920s, but we cannot confirm the date. We think the 1920s was likely. One complication are the junior Eton suits that appeared in the 1920s. We believe that many of these suits were made with suspender shorts, nut as the photographs usually show the boys wearing their jackets. This is impossible to determin.
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