Figure 1.-- Here we see a Daguerreotype portrait of a charming little American girl with big expressive eyes. She has beautifully done ringket curls done at relatively short lengths. Also notice her locket. |
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We have noted girls commonly wearing ringlets at mid-century thoughg the Civil War era of the 1860s. The Daguerreotypes are a little diffuicult to date so we are not always sure about the differences between the 1840s and 50s, but the 1869s CDVs are very destinctive. We see many girls wearing ringlets, but they are generally ringlets falling only at about chin level or short of the shoulders. Less commonly do we see the ringlets actually touching the shoulders. Ringlets seem more popular for girls thn boys and were just worn by younger boys. The trends seem fairly similar throug the 1840s-60s, but we have just begun to a study the period and a fuller understanding will develop as our archive grows. There is a defenite shif\t in fashions during the 1860s. We see nmore boys wearing suits than was the case in the 1840s and 50s. We also see a trend for shorter hair. We do not botice any major shioft in the popularity anhdf styling of ringlets. There seems to have a change which began in the 1870s. We do not see a major shift until the 1870s. We know most about the 1860s because that is the first decade with large numbers of photographic images which occurred because of the appearance of the inexpensive, popular CDV format.
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