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United States boys clothes: headwear chronology 1860s
United States Boys' Headwear: Chronology The 1890s--Prevalence
Figure 1.--We at first this bwasa 1900s images, but we think that the valoon sleeves of the women fatebit to the v=1890s. We have only a few details about this photograph. We do know it was taken in the Seattke area which ius cinfirmed by all the fir trees. The attached captiin suggests that this was a picnic, but we don't see any baskets. This appears to be some sort of camp groundm operhaps a resort. Theadults and children are all dressed up for the occassion, even the headwear. Not evertone, vut most of the groups has heaswear, mincluding the boys. The yiunger girks are not e=wearing bhats, but bin seens to nbevholding a fancy one. The three boys wear boaters and a wide-brimmed hat. Noaters and bowlers are popukar with the men.
We note quite a range of headwear in the 1890s. In the decade before the appearance of the Koask Browine we do not have many outdoor photographs to assess prevalence. Fortunately we havee sone necause of adbances in pjotographic materials. And what we gave showd that headwear in the 1890s was very commom for both adults and chilldren. We don't see that so much in the indoor studio pjotography because headwear was often not worn. We do see that on the outdoor scenes. espcially when hroups of people are photographed. We generally see that when pepple leacve home, imvluding the children, they are wearing their headwear. Children are somewhat less likely to wear headwear as commony as adults, although we see plenty of images where all the children in a group have theur headwear on. The concentions were alittle more rrelaxed for childrem. Hus as boys coulks appear in public on jyst shirt sleeces without a jacket. Even so, most people wore some kind of headwear when they left home. Yhis meant both formal and informal iccassuis, including school for the children. In the studiom children usually did nor wear thgeir heaswear, akthough the headwea, especially hats might ne placed sonewher bin the image. Oursoors we isually see headwear making it possibke to assess prevakaence and conventions.
