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We note American boys wearing many different styles of caps and hats. Caps were more common for boys than hats, but we see boys wearing both. The basic difference is the bbrim. A hat has a full brim while a cap has only a partial brim. There were also a range of other headwear such as berets, hetmets, and knit caps. These items are commonly referred to as caps as well even though they did not have brims. We do not have much information on 18th century styles, but we have a good bit of information about 19th and 20th century styles. We notice boys wearing sailor hats, but no other hat style was especially common for boys, although seceral were worn. Hats seem some what more common for upper clas families, but this destinction does not seem as prominant as is the case for adults. we have not noted any new styles in the 21st century. Some cap styles like sailor caps, flat caps, anf baseball caps were particularly common for boys, but there are many other styles worn as well.
We note American boys wearing many different styles of caps and hats. The basic difference is the brim. A hat has a full brim while a cap has only a partial brim. We do not have much information on 18th century styles, but we have a good bit of information about 19th and 20th century styles. We notice boys wearing sailor hats, but no other hat style was especially common for boys. Several hat styles were worn over time. Some boys wore rather adult styles like vowlers while others wore the more juvenile sailor hats. No hat style was nearly as common as the different cap styles. Hats seem some what more common for upper class families, but this destinction does not seem as prominant as is the case for adults. American boys wore the same hat styles as worn in Europe. The one destinctive style was the cowboy hat.
Caps were more common for boys than hats, but we see boys wearing both. Caps seem more a 19th than an 18th century style. We do not know of any 18th century caps, butt we see many in the 19th and 20th centuries. There were also a range of other headwear such as berets, hetmets, and knit caps. These items are commonly referred to as caps as well even though they did not have brims. we have not noted any new styles in the 21st century. Some cap styles like sailor caps were especially important. There were several different sailor styles. Flat caps and and baseball caps were two other important stylesparticularly common for boys. There were several other styles that were also worn to varying degrees as well. There were also fad styles like coon-skin caps.
Men and boys both wore caps and hats. Generally speaking men wore hats rather than caps. The two major exceptions are soldiers and workers. Boys likewise wore caps and hats. Boys commonly, however, were more likely to wear caps. We see younger boys wearing hats, primarily sailor hats. We also see older boys wearing various styles of hats such as boaters at the turn-of-the 20th century. But the great bulk of the photographic record shows boys wearing caps. American boys in the 19th century wore military caps and sailor caps. There were also various styles of cold wearther caps. We note peaked caps nd flat caps in the early 20th century. Headwear became less common after Wotld War II. but baseball caps eventually became fashion statements.
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