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The age conventions for tunic suits varied over time. We have little information about age conventions during the early-19th century. At the time younger boys commonly wore dresses. We note some school-age boys wearing tunics. Age 5 was kind of an intermediste age. We believe this was probably the age at which boys began wearing tunics, but our information is very limited. We note 5-year olds wearing tunics in the mid-19th century. We note quite a number of boys in the 1840s and 50s wearing them. A good example is an unidentified boy about 1850. They continued to be popular in the 1860s and 70s. A good example was Russel Parsons in 1869. The tunic was realatively short.
Tunics were also very common for 5 year olds at the turn-of-the 20th century. This of course reflects the popularity of tunics for pre-school boys. We note quite a large number of boys who look to be about 5 years old.
We see two unidentified Tennessee boys wearing tunic suits who look to be about 4-5 yeras old in 1907. Theybare with two slightly older bits wearing bloomer knickers. .
Another good example is American boy Hewett Lindsley in 1910. Another example is an unidentified with his three older brothers in the early-1910s (figure 1). The school age boys all wear blouses and knickers.
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