Figure 1.--Here we see mn, women, and children wearing their best outfits, including headwear in the 1990s. It looks to be some kind of summer outing, perhaps a church event. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of your group.

We see quite a range of boys' headwear in the 1900s. Boys wore both caps and hats, but by the beginning of the 20th century, caps were definitely the dominant headwear type for boys. We see boys wearing some hats such as boaters. Caps were much more common with boys. They were not ibiquitous, bt they were much less common than caps. The style of caps was, however, varied widely. Sailor styles were popular in the early-20th century, although mostly boys from from families in confortable circumstances. There were both sailor hats and caps in a variety of styles. Younger boys still might wear huge wide-brimmed sailor hats. There were also various styles of sailor caps. Other styles had fewer social class oeientations. Some boys wore peaked caps like British school caps. The crown of some of the caps seem a little fuller than the British style, but we also see caps styled like the Brirish caps. The flat cap which appeard about the turn of the century. It may have been worn in the 1890s, but we see it much more commonly in the 1900s after the turn of the century. It was not yet uniqutous as would be the case by the 1910s. We see some boys wearing boaters. Even by the end of the decade, the flat cap was still not the dominant style. We can see that in an Iowa school.

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