Figure 1.--We have found very few 19th century images with German boys wearing classic Fauntleroy suits. We do note younger German boys, including boys beginning primary school, wearing cut-away jackets and other suits with Fauntleroy features. This photograph looks to have been takwn in the 1920s.

HBC has very few 19th century German photographic images. Thus we can not make an assessment as to how common Fauntleroy suits were in Germany, except to say we have not yet encountered a photographic portrait of a German boy wearing a classic Fauntleroy suit. A German reader who collects old photographs tells us, "For 5 years now I have been searching old photographies (flea markets, antique markets, e-Bay, etc.) and I have never seen a German photo with a boy with long curls or a Fauntleroy suit. So it must be absolutely rare." Apparently it was not unknown. The Aller drawing on the previous page almost certainly represents an actual German boy in a Fauntleroy suit during the 1890s. Aller was known for his accurate depictions. We do note some boys in the 20th century wearing what might be called modest Fauntleroy suits. This could include cut-away jackets and small ruffled collar. These outfits were much less elaborate than the Fauntleroy suits of the lzte-19th century, but we see quite a few German boys in the early-20th century wearing outfits with Fauntleroy features. This included boys dressed up for their first day of school.

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