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Sailor suits were popular throughout Europe for a century. There were differences over time and between countries, but only for the major countries. Thus unless identified, it is difficult to determine the nationality of the image. And given that that there are about 45 countries in Europe, it is virtually imposible to identify sailor suits from the many small countries. We have found a few images of boys wearing sailor suits for which we are having trouble identifying the country. We will archive them here, hoping that our reades might have some idea as to the countryn involved. Most of them are European because the sailor suit wss primarily a European/American syle.
Here we have a postcard-back portrait with unusual riling, rather like a CDV. The boy wears a sailor blouse, short pants, white socks, and strap shoes. There ius a noted German influence, inclusing the book back pack. It was probably a first school day potrait. It is undated, but we would guess was taken in the 1930s. We suspect it was taken in Bulgaria or Serbia because of the Cyrillic lettering. We think this tells us the city, but do no have Cyrillic capaability. Let us know if you can make out the Cyrillic lettering. A Serbian reader has solved the issue. The wWord on the left means Belgrade. The other word means Belgrade city. Bg. Means city of Belgrade. Belgrade and the other word is the name of the photographer - Vladimir Beniclc. Before World Wae II it was the custom of the photographer to sign the work he did in his studio.
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