Figure 1.--This CDV shows two unidentified English boys, we think in the early-1870s. They are preumably brothers who look to be about 5-7 years of age. Both boys wear vsted sxuit. The yonge boy has a wide-bimmed hat nd wears knee pants. The older boys wear a kilt suit. Notuce thejcket h militry detilinhg, oftn sen hih Huighland outfits. He holds a boater hat. TYhe studfio is lexander J, Grossmann in Dover.

We continue to see English boys at age 7 years wearing kilt outfits. After age 7 years we begin to see fewer boys wearing kilt suits. This is because age 7 is the last year that boys from affluent families stayed at home. Beginning at about 8 years of age, Englisdh boys began boarding scvhool. And English boys did not wear kilt suits at boarding schools. Some may have begun boarding school wearing kilts, but not very many. And they would not have likely continud weearing kilt suits very long at schools when th other boysdwere wearing pants. It should not be ythought thzt there was any kind of age grading here. We note family portraits in which the older boy is wearing kilt suits and a youngr boy ewaring knee pants suits. We are not entirely sure how to interpret this.

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