Figure 1.-- This studio portait shos two German brothers wearinhg matching oufits. We wee not sure if they were wearing short collar-buttoning jackets or tunic suits. On close examination there is a button-up front, but the buttons are hidden making it look like a tunic. The portrait is undated, but looks like the 1900s. The boys have a racquet, ball, and wooden hoop, presumably studio porops.

Tunics were done in many different lengths from the waisr line down to or even below the knees. The boy's tunic here is just below the knees (figure 1). This varied over time as well as stylistically. The most common lengths were jacket-type lengths to cuts above the knees. We are not sure about lenths before the advent of photography, but believe longer lengths were standard. By the appearance of the CDV (1860s) we have a very substantial record of these tunics. With the shorter tunics the boys wore pants, including long pants, knickers, and knee pants. In the early-19th century we beliee that pantalettes were orn with tunics, but do not have the photographic recird to substantiate it. With the longer lengths we are not sure what the boys wore with their knickers. By the 20th century the shorter-length tunics were most prevalent.