Figure 1.--The background suggests this German boy came from a wealthy family. He wears a standard middy blouse. I believevit was srtiped, although it is difficult to tell from the photograph. This photo is undated. Middy blouses like this were worn in the 1920s, but the pants seem more like the 1910s. |
German boys as boys in other countries commonly wore white or navy blue middy blouses. The colors were seasonal. The white ones were normally a light material while the navy blue ones were often a heavy material for winter wear. Middy blouses were also done in other colors such as grey, but this is difficult to tell from black and white photographs. Informnaion on colors is available from catalogs and written sources, but HBC has not yet found a source for this information in the 20th century. The different colors were more varied before the turn of the 20th century. There were also middy blouses done in stripes. The different styles varied over time.
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