Figure 1.-- All we know about this AZO divided postcard snap shot is that it was taken in the early-20th century. This is a good example of the short-styled tunics. They were done in many different styles as we see here. This boys tunics suit were worn with knee pants, white long stockings, and strap shoes. We get to see his home in the background. He seens very proud i=of his brand new suit.

There was a brief period of popularity of tunics in the early-20th century (1900s-10s). We are not sure how to attribute this sudden popularity. We do not think it was a reviavalm of the 19th cebntyury tynics. It may have been related to Russian peasant dress. Ot it could be realated to the declining popularity of the convention for younger boys to wear dresses and skirts. Here we are still mistified. The sudden popularity iof tunics seems to have been a European influence. This included short tunics. We think they were mostly seen in the 1910s, but this is something we are still working on as we expand our archive. Our ininitualassessmebnt is that the shirt tunics were most popular in thec 1910s, but this needs to be cionfirmed. Here we are assisted by an increase in the number of images as a result of the Kodak Brownie which brought the snapshot into the major form of photographic images. Many early snapshots were done with postcard backs.

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