Figure 1.--Here we see a younger German boy wearing a shirt with a sports collar. Notice the button-on style pants. This photograph was taken in the mid-1920s. Image courtesy of the BP collection.
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Figure 1.--Here we see a younger German boy wearing a shirt with a sports collar. Notice the button-on style pants. This photograph was taken in the mid-1920s. Image courtesy of the BP collection. |
We at first thought that this was a youth style, more than a boys' style. We have since found that it was worn by boys of all ages. It was a style for boys or youth. We have seen pre-school boys wearing them as well as boys in high school. We see it being worns by both primary-age boys and teenagers. We do not know if there were any differences among countries as to age conventions. We have not noted many adults wearing these sports collars. Adults were more commonly expected to wear a buttoned collar and tie.
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