Figure 1.--Here we see the boys singing in a school choir. The costuming seems to be historically accurate except that the boys' stockings tend to be of various colors (brown, gray, beige, and black) whereas most boys of the time stuck mostly to black stockings. The choice probably reflects what was available at the time. We note Gernan boys wearing long stockings in the 1940s, but black stockings were not very common. The Eton collars and floppy bows wre not very common after World War I in the 1920s.

We see the boys wearing caps in the outdoor scenes. Boys commonly wore caps like this to school through the 1930s. For some reason they were no longer worn after Workd War II. The older students wear suits with long trousers in the school, but the younger boys (up to about age 13 or 14) wear short trousers with long stockings. Some of the boys wear sailor suits. All of the boys regardless of age wear the peaked school cap. The costuming seems to be historically accurate except that the boys' stockings tend to be of various colors (brown, gray, beige, and black) whereas most boys of the time stuck mostly to black stockings. The choice probably reflects what was available at the time. We note Gernan boys wearing long stockings in the 1940s, but black stockings were not very common. The Eton collars and floppy bows wre not very common after World War I in the 1920s. A German reader tells us, "The boys' school clothes are represented fairly accurately. The boys wear suits with knee pants, large white collars, and often with elaborate floppy bows. They also wear long stockings." A reader thinks the school scenes take place in the 1920s. HBC thinks the costumes look more like the 1910s, although the easrly 20s is possible. HBC can't speak to the scriot, but the clothes look more like the 1910s to me. Here the floppy bows, large white collars, knee pants rather thsn shorts, light-colored stockings all seem more common in the 1910s than 20s.

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