Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows a boy identified as CBG wears a knee pants suit with what looks like a sailor dickey, probanly with a vest. He also has a sailor scarve. The dickey has an anchor on it. For an even more nautical look he wears a sailor cap. The and a beret type hat. The portrait was taken in April 1894. The boy was 8 years old. The poertait was taken in Rockwood, New York.

Not all boys wore actual sailor suits. We see some boys wearing suits with sailorfeaturs, but not actual sailor suits. This could be because the sailor was just beginning to become popular. By the 1880s, however, the sailor suit was readily available in stores. We note some outfits that were not standard sailor suits. They proably resulted from a mother's afinity for the popularity of the sailor suit, or perhaps the boy's desire to wear a sailor suit. Perhaps the mother could not afford a proper sailor suit. or perhaps the boy had a saior suit and was for one reason or another mixing outfits.

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