Figure 1.--This CDV-size tin-type was probably taken in the 1870s. The boy wears a velvet tunic suit with piping. Notoice the digonal styling, popular in th 1870s. The outfit is completed with knee pants and white long stockings. He had a ;lsrge top curl cuttung across the top pf his head as well aslossely done tinglets. Click on the image to see his tunic suit.

We also notice younger boys wearing tunic suits with top curls. A top curl was a large, uually fat curl, right at the top of the head. There were many variations on this basic theme. This is something that was not common for curls. Riglets were worn by boys ag girls, The top curl was mostly for boys. This was primarily in the mid-19th century, beginning in the the 1860s, This was often, but not always combined with ringlet curl hair styles. We see boys with top curls wearing a wide range of outfits, The tunics were just one of the many styles.

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