Figure 1.--This unidentified CDV shows two little English boys with their baby sister. They look to be about 2-7 years old. The baby wears a bonnent. The yonger brother wears an uptuurned narrow-brimmed hat. Also notice his top curl which mother has carefully position so it would show. the older bother wears a bowler. The portrait is undated, but looks like rhe early-1870s to us. It could be the late-60s.

Hats continue to dominate boys headwear in the 70s. There were several different styles. Some are the juvenile styles we see associate boys. But other were hat like bowlers that we associate more with adult men. We see some boys wearing boater like hats. This would be mostly boys from well-to do families. We begin to see sailor hats more commonly in the 70s. The Blackpool boy on the previous page in 1878 is a good example. This again was for boys from families in comfortable circumstances. We see some caps. Peaked caps and sailor caps for the younger boys were worn, but hats seem the primarty headwear type at least for families in comfortable circumstabces. We believe the teenager wearing what looks rather like a Coachman's hat on the previous page dates to the 1870s. It had highsides, but not as high as a top hat.

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