Figure 1.--This German family was photographed together in 1924. Notice that the boy has close-cropped hair. Sailor suits continued to be popular after World War I, but these close-cropped hair styles were becoming less common. |
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HBC has noted croppd hair styles continued to be commonly wirn by German boy into the early 20th century. The style seems very common in the photofraphic record. Boys especially in the era during and before World War I (1914-18) often wore closely cropped hair. There are many examples archived on HBC. Examples include boys in 1917 and 1918. The popularity can be especially gaged in school portraits. These cropped hair styles continued into the 1920s, especially for younger boys.
We still see many boys with cropped hair in the 1920s, especially the early-20s. The popularity had begun to decline, especially by the mid-20s. We are not sure justwhy this change occurred, but suspect that its association with the military may have been a factor. We still a few boys with cropped hair in the early 30s. An example is an unidrentified boy in his First Communion suit. This was, however, not very common at the time. Most boys had enough haor to be combed. Short hair cits were still cmmon, but not the short croppedhair common in the early 20th century. The fashion virtually disappeared during the 1930s.
Boys commonly had short hair during the 1930s, but cropped hair was not very common. We note short buzz and crew cuts in America during the 1950s, we spect styles brouh home by returning serviemen fyr thewar. We dp not see these styles in Germany, despite the fact that many Amercan clothig styles became popular. We do not see these close-cropped hair syles again ub Germany until the 1990s.
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