Figure 1.--The "San Framcisco Chronicle" July 3, 1926 carried a photo of Babe Ruth posing for a fan with a box camera. Can you imagine a modern-day sports hero doing this. The Babe led a wild life, but he loved kids. Notice the boy's flat cap.
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Figure 1.--The "San Framcisco Chronicle" July 3, 1926 carried a photo of Babe Ruth posing for a fan with a box camera. Can you imagine a modern-day sports hero doing this. The Babe led a wild life, but he loved kids. Notice the boy's flat cap. |
Caps and hats were commonly worn by both men and boys. One of the most popular style of caps was the flat cap. We have noticed a number of different names (newsboy, golf, motoring, and other caps). We note them being worn both casually for play, to school, and for dressy occassions with suits. There were many different stylistic variations to the flat cap. Other popular styles included beanies and aviator caps during the winter. Boys from affluent families might wear English-style peaked cap when dressing up, often with short pants. Flat caps were more commonly worn with knickers. Berets were commonly worn with short pants. Berets were also worn by little boys, but in America were generally considered a girl's cap. Girls commonly wore berets--often called tams, but very rarely flat caps and never beanies. A few boys still wore sailor caps, especially in the early 1920s.
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