Figure 1.-- Here is a good cross section of the standard hats worn by boys for about a century. There are variations, but the basic style was fairly standard. Notice that the age range seems to be about 3-13 years of age. You can see a boy wearing the hat who has not yet ben breeched in the lower left-nhrd corner. and in the upper right corner you see boys ho look go be bout 11-13 yeats old wearing the same style.

Age was clearly a major determinent in headwear duting the 1880s, at least for men and boys. The men here wear mostly bowlers. Two may be wearing pork pie hats, but that is a little difficult to tell as the crowns can not be seen in detail, One younger teen wears a bowler. The boys in contrast seem to be wearing mostly hatsith narrow btims and roundish crowns, lthough there is a huge variety involved here and the crowns in many cases can not be assessed prescisely, in many cases not even seen. But the difference in styles for the men and bots is very apparent. The situation is very different for the women and girls. The firls seem to be wearing styles that were very similar to those worn by their mothers. Age does not seem a major factor here, lthough for some reason there are few women in the image. Notice that the age range for the popular rounded crown, medium brim hts is very range. We see boys weating them before breeching even into their early teens, lthough at about 3-years of age they begin to become lass common.

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