Figure 1.-- This tin-type portrait shows a father wearing a jaunty striped blazer with his three children. They look to be abot 5-11 years old. The younger boy wears a kilt suit with a wide-nrimmed straw hat. His siblings and fther wear much small hats. The tin-type is undated. We would guess it was taken in the 1880s, but we are not sure.

There were other headwear worn, such as different styles of straw hats. Straw hats became increasuingly common after the 1848 Califirnia gold rush. There was no inter-contuinental railroad at the time. The '49ers got to California by sea, many crossing the Istmus of Panama where they came into contact with high-quality straw hats. (Many of the hats were actually made in Ecuador further south.) This included hats not done in sailor styles. We see wide-brimmed, rounded, crown, and boater hats boys wore included both hats done in sailor and other styles. Except for the boater, other materials were also used for these hats, but straw hats were very common for summer wear. And the wide-brimmed hats for boys were almost all done in straw. We see many examples in the late-19th and very early-20th century.

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