This Picture Intrigues Me

[kiltedLaddie]

Found this on the auction site. Is that a boy in a dress and if so, I wonder why?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-039-s-Young-teen-boys-in-group-vintage-photo-Kids-Buddies-Fashion-Haircut-Hair-/391020132604?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5b0a9db8fc&nma=true&si=4ElEO7kPnwDR0FEN8VrgWkXCTBc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Betty]

In the early 1960s it was quite common to punish a boy by making them wear a dress. It's just like putting a boy in the corner wearing a tall cone-shape "dunce" cap. The idea was to scare the crap out  of the kid, & scare the other kids into behaving themselves by humiliating them rather than beating them.

Of course, regardless that the ad says it's a group of boys, you can't rule out it's a girl with short hair. Down south or in hot weather it was common for girls to get sort hair if the heat got unbearable.

[monikahottie]

I think it is a girl as you can see by her neck a little bit of hair coming out the back like her hair is in a pony tail.

[Betty]

You're  right. I didn't look that closely at it before. With the front bangs cut the way they are, the top puffed up & back, & the sides pulled back, it's clearly a girls haircut & style. You can see a ribbon or something tying her hair in back.

[BabyLock]

Look closely at the subject's elbow level - the very narrow (almost empire) waist would be common for a girl but doubtful for a boy.