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Headwear especially for boys became very common in the 19th century, although caps were also worn by boys. Unlike the 20th century when caps became standard for boys, hats were still very common in the 19th century. We notice high quality straw hats apperating in England (1820s). Godd examples are the Bean boy (1829) and Henry Elton (1831). This is about the sane time that Mestizo women in Boivia and Peru began wearing British bowler hats. The high-quality straw hazts probably came from Ecuasdor. The Sioth Amerivan republics had aschieved their indepence from Spain (1810s-20s). We see Ametican boys wearing straw hats at this time, but not high-quality straw hats until later (1850s). The first specifically boy's style was the sailor hat which became popular in the mid-19th century. A very popular style at mid-century was a rounded crown hat with a relatively narrow brim. A good exanple is a German boy, Franz Mayer, in 1861. We see many American boys wearing these rounded-crown hats. Younger boys like Franz might have their hats decorated somewhat like ladies' hats.
The brims of sailor hats became wide in the late 19th century. There were many different styles with both flat and rounded crowns as well as varying brim widths. A good example is an American boy, Dan Brown, we think in the 1870s. Baters were also worn. And we see a range of hats styled in between boaters and roundedcrown hats. A good example is the hat an American boy, Clifton Harrison was wearing in 1866. We are not sure what it was called.
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