Figure 1.--This Dagerotype probably taken in the 1850s shows a boy in a plaid shirt. Notice the small white collar and bow. Also notice the double part hair style.
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Figure 1.--This Dagerotype probably taken in the 1850s shows a boy in a plaid shirt. Notice the small white collar and bow. Also notice the double part hair style. |
I do not yet have details on the double part style. It appears to have been a 19th Century style worn mostly by younger, but also some older boys. I do not yet have any written historical information on this style, but have only been able to decuce some information from available 19th Century photographs. I'm not really sure what to call this style, nor have I seen it mentioned in the literature consulted so far in my research. For want of a better term I will refer to it as a
double part.
The style involves two parallel parts on both sides of the head. I know that boys with ringlets had the side parts joined as a "U" at the back of the head. I'm not sure about the boys without ringlets. I believe thid was an exclusively boys' style.
I have first noted the double part hair style in the mid-19th Century. As far as I can tell it was worn from about 1840-1880, although this is only a guess arrived at from the few available images I have. It may have well appeared earlier, howeverm and only becomes detectable at mid-century with the appearance of photograohy. Images continue through the 1870s, but becomes less common in the 1880s--except as part of ringlet curl hair syles.
I have only noted this style in American photographs, but not in
Europen photographs. Admittely I have seen fewer European
photographs, so the style may well have ben worn in Europe also.
Many images exist of younger boys wearing hair styles with double
parts. This appears to be mostly the case of boys with hair knot and
ringlet curl styles.
The style involves sweeping a boys hair into a knot or bun on the top
of the head. I believe thid was an exclusively boys' style, although I
still know very little about it. One HBC contributor reports that an
exclusive litttle boys hair style was a part on each side and the
hair in the middle made into a curl.
Most of the boys wearing ringlet curls had double part hair styles. The double part was helpful in the process of forming the ringlet curls. The double part, however, is not always apparent from the available images as the front part is often covered by the front bangs commonly worn with ringlets.
Images exist of older boys wearing a double part. These may have been boys who when younger worn their hair in a hair knot. It does not appear to have been one of the more popular hair styles as the proprtion of this tyle in available images is relatively low. The number of images, however, suggests that it was not a rare style.
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