Figure 1.--Here we see see two unidentified siblings. They are a brother and sister and siser who look to be about 2-5 years old. Both have hair done similarly in bangs and ringlets. The boy has mnore defined inglets, but this is probably the vageries of hair styling rather than an intended effect. The portrait is undated, but the clothes and mount suggest the 1890s. The studio is unclear, but the portrait was taken in Binghamton, New York.

Many fashion concious mothers mothers loved the ringlet style. They were enamored of the idea doing their son's hair in ringlets and thuis did their daughter's hair in ruinglets as well. And we do have several some instances of mothers doing brothers and sisters both in ringlet curls. This was not, however, the general convention. For whatever reason, most mothers just did not want to do their girls' hair in ringlets if they were doing their boys' hair in ringlets. We are not enturely sure why, but presumanly they did not wabt the boy to think that finglets were a girls' style. Brothers of the same or similar ages might have ringlets, but brothers and sisters less commonly. We would not say it was rare, but certainly less common. We have seen some brothers and sisters with matching ringlets, but less commonly than with brothers.

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