Alick Newberg

02/03/2016

Is that a kilt or a dress? Adorable studio portrait of Alick Newberg taken in 1900. Remember young boys and girls were dressed the same until they reached a certain age to make diaper changes easy.

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Darla Elizabeth

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01/28/2016

Taken 04/02/1900

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CharTres Cook

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02/03/2016

looks like a kilt.

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Carol Strube

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02/03/2016

Looks like a kilt to me.

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Carol Bostock

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02/03/2016

Kilt

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Annie Lane

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02/03/2016

I say kilt

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Laura Harmon Vickers

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02/03/2016

Kilt

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Rebecca Abbott Hackworth

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02/03/2016

Kilt

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Lisa Miller

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02/03/2016

My maternal uncle was born in '29 and did not get pants until he got his first haircut. My mom said he cried and cried when the barber cut off his golden ringlets. He apparently liked getting pants, though :)

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Jackie Lobenthal

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02/03/2016

A kilt he grew into.

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Patty Randall Dissinger

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02/03/2016

Kilt.

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Mark Earnest Burr

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02/03/2016

kilt.

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Roblin Barnett

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02/03/2016

Kilt if Scottish I would guess.But I have baby pics really old of unknown family members where boys were in dresses. Infant pictures.

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Bettina Forciniti

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02/03/2016

Think it is a kilt, but if not, it doesn´t matter .. this Child is sooo cute...

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Kegan Mahon

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02/03/2016

Should still be doing this, and with gender slowly going out the window, I don't know why it hasn't made a comeback.

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Helen A. Johns Linker

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02/03/2016

Not only that , but technology hadn't figured out how to make pants for boys till a certain age.

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Beverly Bryant

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02/03/2016

My father was born in 1928. His baby picture shows him wearing a long gown. Love that picture!

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Mary Claire Mattiello

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02/03/2016

I know my grandfather's show him in a Little Lord Flaunteroy type outfit with long curls. So cute.

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Terry Carlsen

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02/03/2016

grre

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Bob Aloo

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02/03/2016

Richard J Lopez

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Avay York Evans

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02/03/2016

I believe this little boy is an "alter boy" and what he has on is what they put on him to do the mass.

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Katherine Knapp Keena

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02/03/2016

Definitely a boy in a kilt

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Jennifer Wiggins

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02/03/2016

Looks like a kilt based on how the pleats were sewed. Cute picture.

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Gina Kingsbury

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02/03/2016

Kilt. That's the right jacket and shirt for it. What a darling photo!

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Suzanne Revero

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02/03/2016

awww, so precious.

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Terri Allen

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02/03/2016

Cute

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Toni Gonzales

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02/03/2016

What a cutey

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Joy Gammons

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02/03/2016

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Mary Goodall

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02/03/2016

It is not a Kilt . If it was, kiIt only comes to mid knee. Also has a Highland Pin. This is a dress which boys wore then.Also it has buttons at the front . Kilts have belts and Buckles .

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Mary Claire Mattiello

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02/03/2016

Whatever it is he looks mighty uncomfortable.

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Tish Boyce-Sitek

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02/03/2016

So that explains dresses on little boys...never thought about asking the why? MAKES SENSE.

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Scarlett Cross

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02/03/2016

It's a kilt.

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Anna Gardner

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02/03/2016

Such a cute little guy.

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Keith Wilson

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02/03/2016

Bruce jenner as a child

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Mathew J. DeLaire

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02/03/2016

Gender-blind clothing was utilized due to the fact that most clothing was handmade, and having one set of clothing for both boys and girls facilitated that. Children grow rapidly and by dressing boys and girls in what look like dresses, you have garments that can accommodate a growing body faster than tailored clothing like pants which have a finite waist and inseam. This also represents a time when parents do not develop too much of a personality or identiy for their child as they have a very high chance of losing the child to death. When a child lived through its primary, formative years then they received clothing specific to their gender. When boys are given male clothing it was called "being breeched."

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Susanne Chang

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02/03/2016

Wow Matthew your description is fascinating!

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Tracy J. Thurman

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02/03/2016

I enjoyed it also :)

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Charlene Tompkins

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02/08/2016

Mathew J. DeLaire Thank you so much for the information. This is one of the reasons I love being on line. I love to learn new things

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Manuelita Herrera

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02/03/2016

Meghann Burger Wilson

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Meghann Burger Wilson

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02/03/2016

Love that bow!

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Lois DeArmond

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02/03/2016

It's a kilt.

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Cindy Morse Peer

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02/03/2016

That poor child...that's a horrid outfit.

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Janet Mason

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02/04/2016

He does not look very happy. lol

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Enrique Eógan Foerstner

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02/03/2016

That's what onesies are for.

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Linda Virtue

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02/05/2016

In 1900? Not!

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Debra Bays

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02/03/2016

My mother-in-law dressed my Hubby in a dress....he was born in 1949.

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Karen Keane

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02/03/2016

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Mitcham Rose

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02/03/2016

This is a kilt, he maybe Scottish or Irish

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Jacqueline Dumas

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02/03/2016

La mode dans toute sa splendeur ;)

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Otto Ofner

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02/03/2016

Nice....my friend still dresses that way...

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Cailleach Annie

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02/03/2016

Kilt

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Rita Craig

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02/03/2016

Does this skirt make me look fat 😊

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Edouard Haché-Gallant

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02/03/2016

A kilt doesn't have to be of Celtic/Gaelic origin. A kilt is a pleated skirt with a flat waist. It's not a dress. A dress is a one piece garment where the bodice and skirt are attached.

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Teresa Ann-Cass O'Connor

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02/03/2016

I DID NOT KNOW THE REASON BEHIND THE WEARING OF SKIRTS OR KILTS FOR CHILDREN.......

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Gen Todd

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02/03/2016

Kilt....

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Faye Williams

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02/03/2016

Whatever it is, he doesn't seem too happy!

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Ethel Maloney

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02/03/2016

Would love to know where this was taken. The surname SMEDLEY (one of the names of the business) is in my ancestral linage.

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Wendy Dick

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02/03/2016

Kilt

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Gilda Lewis Duckworth

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02/03/2016

Oh that explains it.

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Jennifer Anderson

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02/04/2016

think it is a kilt, but a lot of boys were dressed in girls clothing too way back then... hmmmm. poor kids... but this is a cute picture...

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Alva Balter Noonan

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02/04/2016

Look at that lack of smile. Doesn't look like that was his outfit of choice.

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Mary John

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02/04/2016

Então os meninos usavam saias.

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Glenn Smith

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02/04/2016

I have a fine charcoal portrait of my grandfather, when he was roughly that age, and around the same year as well. He had a similar large bow on his gown.

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Jenny Mclarney

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02/04/2016

Im sure in the Irish folklore boys were put into dresses so as to confuse the Fairies who would steal boys .

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Patricia Gaffney

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02/04/2016

It's an oversized kilt that used to belong to his older sister!...I have a picture of my father, who was born in 1918, wearing a lace trimmed dress. Lots of teasing ensued. In the end thankfully he switched to trousers. Today they might have left him in the dress and deemed him "trans-gendered" and left it at that.

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Ana Gambina

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02/04/2016

For diaper changes, but also because the buttons and buckles on boys trousers and breeches were complex and time consuming to undo. They often weren't recommended for boys younger than 8 or so.

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