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We have limited information on Austrian hair styles at this time, primarily because oue Austria arcgive is relatively limited. The Austrian-Hungarian Empire was a major enbtity, but Austria itself which emerged from World war I was small, both in asrea and population, especially compared with Germany. On the basis of our limited archive, we note many similarities between Austria and Germany. During the late-19th and early-20th century, many boys had close-croped hair. This seems to be especially the case in primary schools. We think some schools may have required it. This needs to be confirmed. This also seems to be commonly the case of boys from working class families. This varied chronologically. After World War I (1914-18), the prevalence of close cropped hair declined markedly. . We also note some boys with longish hair. This seems especially common with boys from aflluent or upper-class families. We think these may have been boys educated at home, but we do see a few boys with longish hair in school portraits. This seems to have been more common in Austria than in Germany. It may have been in part a French influence. Here it should be noted that Austria and Germany had an excellent, highly respected state school system. Even well to-do-Germany sent their children to state schools. The private sector was much smaller than in Britain. These same trends seem similar to those in Germany. Actually even President Roosevelted attended a German state school while his brother was studing in Germany. After World war I we see many more Austrian boys, even younger boys, wearing hair that wa long enough to comb. What the British call 'short back and sides' were common in the 1920s and slightly longer cuts in the 1930s. The NAZIs absorbed Austria with the Anschluss (1938). From that point German and Austrian hair styles as far as we can tell have been identical. At least we can not discern any appreciable diffewrence.
We have limited information on Austrian hair styles at this time, primarily because oue Austria arcgive is relatively limited. The Austrian-Hungarian Empire was a major enbtity, but Austria itself which emerged from World war I was small, both in asrea and population, especially compared with Germany. On the basis of our limited archive, we note many similarities between Austria and Germany.
We have very limited information on Austria before the mid-19th century and the avent of phpoography. We do have some information, however, based on our collection of Austrian artists. Rhe paintings we have collected show quite a range of different hair styles. In fact the styles are so diverse that it is difficult to see any patterns emnerging in the various works. This only becomes possible once photography becomes wide spread with an exponential explosion in the availability of images. During the late-19th and early-20th century, we see many boys with close-croped hair. This does not mean that the common prevalence of close-cropped hair began close-cropped hair began in the mid-19th century, only that the development of photography at the time shows that it was a prevalent style. This varied chronologically. After World War I (1914-18), the prevalence of close cropped hair declined markedly. We also note some boys with longish hair which also varied. After World war I we see many more Austrian boys, even younger boys, wearing hair that wa long enough to comb. What the British call 'short back and sides' were common in the 1920s and slightly longer cuts in the 1930s. The NAZIs absorbed Austria with the Anschluss (1938). From that point German and Austrian hair styles as far as we can tell have been identical. At least we can not discern any appreciable diffewrence. After World War II this pattern was firmly established. In the post-War era we see generalized pan-European hair styles developing just as pan-European clothing styles became prevalent.
We note Austria boys with virtually every known hair stylre which s in other countries varied considerably on a chronological basis. The only style we do not notice to any extent is the long Fauntleroy ringlet curls. We see a few boys with long hair, but not the Fauntleroy ringlets that were popular in America. This seems especially common with boys from aflluent or upper-class families. We think these may have been boys educated at home, but we do see a few boys with longish hair in school portraits. This seems to have been more common in Austria than in Germany. It may have been in part a French influence. Here it should be noted that Austria and Germany had an excellent, highly respected state school system. Even well to-do-Germany sent their children to state schools. The private sector was much smaller than in Britain. These same trends seem similar to those in Germany. Actually even President Roosevelted attended a German state school while his brother was studing in Germany. We do see a lot of boys with close-cropped hair. School portaits show just how common this was. The cropped hair seems to be especially the case in primary schools. We think some schools may have required it. This needs to be confirmed. This also seems to be commonly the case of boys from working class families. And we notice a wide range of styles beteen the exteme of cropped and long hair. There were many combable styles. Bangs seem to have been popular for pre-teen boys. We do not notice any particularly destinctive Austrian styles here, only a great diversity of different styles.
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