Figure 1.--This English boy had his portrait taken at Shanklin. This was a popular seaside resort on the south copast of the Isle of Wight. Note the wooden shovel for digging in the sand. Sailor outfits were popular at seaside resorts. His sailor outfit has a sailor blouse with a pointed collar rather than the traditional"V"-front collar. We can see the back, but we believe that there was a back flap. The portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the late-1890s.

We note middy blouse collars other than the classic "V"-front collars as well, but they were not nearly as common as the traditional uniform styles. Some middy blouses had pointed collars. We are unsure as to the origins of this blouse style. This seem to have been a style brifly worn in the very late-19th century. We are not precisely sure when they first appeared. We also notice them in America, but not many other countries. American blouses had stars and other decorations. We have not yet noted that in England, but our archive is very limited. The"V"-front collar is not entrenched as a the sailor blouse, that these pointed-collar blouses are often not recognized as a sailor style. The boy here mihht bec seen as wearing a sailor middy blouse, but he probably would not have worn long pants unless this was seen as a sailor outfit (figure 1).

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