Figure 1.-- Hee we see two unidentified brithers wearing matching sailor suits with pull-over blouses, we think in the late-1910s or early-20s. The boyy look to be about 3-5 years old. Notice the short pants and white knee socks. The studio was George E. Organ in Hammarsmith, a London neighborhood.

The primary sailor outfits we see English boys wearing in the the 1910s are blouses and matching pants. We see boys wearing diferent styles of sailor blouses. We note both pull over and button up blouses. Increasingly we see the blouses done mostly the traditional three-type detailing like Royal Navy uniforms. We also see the dickies being dome like Royal Navy uniforms. The stripped dickies worn in France and Russia were les common in England. Sailor suits were worn with a variety of pants but by the 1910s, knee pants were making the transition to short pants and becoming increasingly common. We believe the long pants were considered more formal. We begin to see knee socks in the 1910s rather than the long stockings common in the 1900s

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