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The sides of a boy's head were also a variable element in ringlet curl styling, but less important than the two basic elements--the front and the back where the ringlets were mostly located. The back is, however, a little difficult to assess with photographic evidence which of course is the primary source of information. Frontal portraits mean we can not see the back of a boy's head. The sides can, on the other hand, be assessed somewhat from the frontal face portraits that photographers usually shot. Fortunately some mothers arranged for mirror shits to give us a better idea as to how the back as well as the ides ofthe hair was styled (figure 1). There were a range of variations. There were two basic alternatives, side styling with and without ringlets. Usually the ringlets seem to fall at the side and back. This was the general style when the ringlets were formed from hair combed down center parts. If the ringlets were formed from one side part, that would means the ringlets would be different on each side of the boy's head. We also notice some boys had their hair styled like a boy with short hair with the ringlets only at the back. An exanple here is an unidentified Phildelphia boy, we think in the 1870s, As regards ringlets, there were three options, beginning the ringlets behind the ears, over the ears, or to the front of fhe ears.
The sides of a boy's head were also a variable element in ringlet curl styling, but less important than the two basic elements--the front and the back where the ringlets were mostly located.
The back is, however, a little difficult to assess with photographic evidence which of course is the primary source of information. Frontal portraits mean we can not see the back of a boy's head. The sides can, on the other hand, be assessed somewhat from the frontal face portraits that photographers usually shot. Fortunately some mothers arranged for mirror shits to give us a better idea as to how the back as well as the ides ofthe hair was styled (figure 1).
There were a range of variations concerning how to style the hair at the side of the boy's head. This was affected to some extent by how mother decided to do the front, bangs or some other style. The front styling affected the side styling. Thankfully, the photographic record unlike the back of the head, provides considerable information on the sdes. There were two basic alternatives, side styling with and without ringlets. Usually the ringlets seem to fall at the side and back. This was the general style when the ringlets were formed from hair combed down center parts. If the ringlets were formed from one side part, that would means the ringlets would be different on each side of the boy's head. We also notice some boys had their hair styled like a boy with short hair with the ringlets only at the back. An exanple here is an unidentified Phildelphia boy, we think in the 1870s, As regards ringlets, there were three options, beginning the ringlets behind the ears, over the ears, or to the front of fhe ears.
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