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Tunic suits were very populr grments fir younger boys in the erly 20th century, at least familis in comfirtbl circumstnces. We still see tunics in the early-20s, but based on the photographic record, the prevsalence was clearly decliming. We are not yet sure about catalog offerings. We note a few photographs showing tunics in the early-20s, but not very many and mist re t the lower end of ther sage spctrum fior vtunics. There do not seem to have been any major stylistic changes, although we have so few exmples from the 1920s that we can not reallyb assess this. We think 1910s tunic styles may have persisted. Tunics appear to have rapidly fallen out of style in the early- 20s. Tunics were a relatively easy garment to sew at home so they may have persisted a few years after they disappeaed from the major catalogs. They seem to have linger on a little longer in rural rather than urban areas. We rarely see tunics by the mid-20s and have found none from the 1930s. The last example we have found comes from a rural Minnesota family in 1926.
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