Figure 1.--Here we see two cvhildren, broyher and sister, frolicvking on a booarwalk, apparently in park. The girl's dress looks rather like a tunic. Her broyhhr wears a basic tunic with bloomer knickers, notice the black belt. Both children wear dark socks and sandals. The snapshot is undated, but would have been taken in the 1910s which is when hair bows were the most common.

Generally studio poertraits show how the children would be dressed for dressy studio occassions. After the turn-of-the-20th century we begin to see many outdoor family snapshots. Giving us views that were only rarely available in the 19th century. Some look rather dressy. The snapshot here is a good example (figure 1). Although here it looks to us that mothr has dressed up the boy for the photograph. Often the outfoot can be made to look dressy by working on the boy's hair and adding long stockings and dressy shoes. In this case long stockingd and sandals is a bit of an odd cvomination. And motice how this ia a staged sanpshot with the boy done up a bit so the bniy can show off his fancy new peddal car. This is not a play situation, but is a casual scene at home. Other snapshots do show boys in actual play situations or on outings with parents in which the tunics are being worn as casual garments.

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