Figure 1.--These Canadian boys in May 1912 all wear flat caps with their knicker suits. Note how high the crowns of the caps are. The boys are Brinury? Roy and Billie next to the house and Byron and Buster. Image courtesy of the CS collection. |
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Much more coimmon were various styles of flat caps. We note a lot of Canadian boys wearing flat caps in the early 20th century. There were, however, many different styles of flat caps with slightly different brims and crowns. Some look rather like peaked caps. There appear particularly to be a lot of variety in the crowns, many do not look flat at all. Many were made of wool. The better flat caps were made of tweed. They were worn by boys of all ages, beginning about age 6-7 years through older teenagers. We see boys wearing them in the early 20th century. The boys here in 1912 are a good example (figure 1). We continue seeing boys wearing them iafter World War I in the 1920s and 30s. A good example is Quebec boys in 1942.
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