I love looking at the little details in these photos, so thanks for posting them Terry!

For example, look at this one:

This first thing you may notice is that the gentleman on the left is wearing Argyle hose for day wear, which is something not atypical of photos from this era, and something I still advocate (so long as it is what some here call "smart" or "dressy" daywear, and not "casual").

But the other thing that jumped right out at me was the sett size of his kilt. It's huge! I would guess it is at least 14" or 15". Tartan mills do not generally weave tartans at this scale any more, but there is still some demand for them. I just took an order recently from a client who requested his clan tartan be woven with a 12" sett (it is normally woven with a 7" sett by most mills today).

Now look at this photo:

The kilt hose in this photo appear to have a very small check pattern on them, similar to the hose my wife weaves called "small shepherd's check" as seen on my feet here.

Finally, take a look at this one:

This is just an example of many photos I have seen from this era showing solid hose with a patterned top. These are very similar to many of the hose made by House of Cheviot. Some, I think, may perceive this to be a more contemporary style, but in fact it does go back quite a ways, as these photos demonstrate.

I love the little details!