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We note German boys with cropped hair in both the 19th and 20th centuries. We are unsure, however, just when in the 19th century that this became a common style for boys. We are in particular unsure about the early 19th century. With the development of photography in the mid-19th century we begin to have a better idea of trends. Early photography under represents the working class so some care much be exercized in assessing the photographic record. We believe that cropped hair was especially common with working-class families. It was not, however, an exclusively working-class style. we also see middle-cass boys with copped hair (figure 1). Many German boys in the late 19th century had cropped hair--especially younger boys. Cropped hair was not universal, but many boys did have this style. We note very large numbers of German boys with these cropped hair styles in school portraits from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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