Figure 1.-- In Europe and Germany we see boys with long, but unstyled hair. We also notice boys with hair that has been minimally styled with waves. These three unidentified German children look to be about 5-10 years old. The two German boys have long, shoulder-length hair done in waves, probably in the 1900s. One boy looks to be wearing a tunic and the other boy a suit. Both boys have knee pants. The girl has a white sunner dress. She also has long hair, but not as thick. They all wear blavl long stockings. The boys look to be about 5-10 years og age. We think that long hair was more common in southern Germany than the more puritanical north, but our archive is just not large enough to make any firm assessments at his time. The studio here was Georg Koestner in Grafing, Bavaria.

We have just begun to assess long hair styling in Germany. We have only a few details at this time. Long hair can be done in many different ways. Our information on German long hair is limited. We have found relatively few images in the photographic record. This limits our ability to assess styles. There were styles for both long shoulder-length hair and shorter off the the shoulder hair. The younger boy here has long unstyled hair (figure 1). We see this much more in Europe in general than in America. Actually in America it was very rare. American boys with long hair in America during the 19th century had it done in ringlets or other styles. In Europe and Germany we see boys with long, but unstyled hair. We also notice boys with hair that has been minimally styled with waves. we notice two German boys whose long hair has been done in waves, probably in the 1900s. The boys look to be about 5-10 years og age. We think that long hair was more common in southern Germany than the more puritanical north, but our archive is just not large enough to make any firm assessments at his time. The most obviously styled hair is done in ringlets, but we do not see ringlet styles very commonly for boys in Germany. More common than the long sholderlength styles were the somewhat shorte off-the-shoulder styles. For the somewhat shorter long hair, we notice what might be called mullets with the hir at the back dome in various ways. The side was also done in different ways. And we see a variety of natural curls and rather unkept mops.

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