Figure 1.--Here we see siblings in Boy Sout and Girl Scout/Guide uniforms with their little sister, to young to participate. The two youth groups members are both smarly uniformed. We know the napshot was taken in 1955, but we ae not sure what country yet. we thought perhaps Norway. A reader thought perhaps Sweden which we think is a real possibility.

During the 1950s uniforms were exceedingly popular around the world. The Boy Scouts of America alone had more than 3 million uniformed members. The communist Young Pioneers were all but compulsory in the Soviet Block countries and China, which leads to an estimate of 10s of millions of uniformed members. School uniforms dominated the British Isles with the famous prop school short pants, tie, and peaked cap still worn in Australia and New Zealand. Of course church sponsored schools also mandated uniforms, which may have had millions of boys in uniform. Of course, organized sports uniformed millions of more boys in uniforms. We see all kinds of different uniforms or cistumes in the 1950s. The best know are Scout and other youth group uniforms. Natioanlist groups disappear, but the Communists seizing control in many countries adopted both school uniforms and Young Pioneer uniforms. Costumes were wiorn for religious ceremonies. There wee also olay costumes involving uniforms. And a number of countries adopted school uniforms. They were esoecially common in Britain. Few countries ion the continenty had uniforms, except in the Communist countries. Sveral countries did have smocks.