Figure 1.--Here we see grandmother on an outing to a local park with the grandkids. The snapshot is undated, but the cars in the background suggest the late-1930s. The boys wearmatching coats and peaked dress caps. |
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We first note peaked dress caps in the early 20th century when fkat caps were just beginning to become standard. There were a range of different styles including these peaked caps, flat caps, andvarious caps come where between the two. We believe that the peaked dress cap was an English cap which became popular for school wear in the late 19th century. Younger boys for dress wear wore peaked Englisgh school-type, usually in black or grey. They often matched a boy's suit. We see these caps being worn in several different countries as a kind of dress cap. This was the cap worn by American boys from affluent families, normally with a suit and done to match the suit. This was the most common cap style worn with short pants suits, especially the Eton suits worn by younger American boys. We see quite a number of phitigraphs of American boys wearing Eton suits with peaked hats during the 1930s-60s. We see both family snapshots and advertisements, such as an insurance ad in the 1960s. We believe that it was popular in America in part because of its English association.
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