Figure 1.--This postcard back portrait shows an unidentified chil, perhaps 5-6 years old, wearing a tunic suit. At first glance the child looks kile a girl, but there are two indicators that the child is a boy. First the child does not have a center hair part. Second the child wsears bloomer knickers with the ynic. All that we know for sure is that the AZO stamp box (four trianges up) shows that the portarit was taken 1904-18. Boys at the time might have their hair done in iunglets. .

The tunic was a boy's garment. It is, however, a skirted garmnts and dresses were made that look very much like tunics. So we sometimes can not differentiate between the two in old photograohs, our primary source of information. . It would be nice if all old photographs had the anmes of the children on the bsck. Some do, but most do not like the portrait of the child here (figure 1). So we are left to assess who is who and whether we are talking about a tunic or dress. Of course the tunic style is only one dress stytle. Most dresses were done in other styles. So we have found many images that require interpretation. We are able to reach some conclusions on many images. Hair styles and the the type of oantgs are major inficators to look for. Some leave us mystified and we re still trying to figure out.

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