Figure 1.-- While it was boys who mostly wanted waggons, some girls also had them. My guess is that few girls remembered their waggons as boys did when they grew up. Here we see two girls, probably in the 1910s. At least we think that they are girls, you never can be quite sure. Image courtesy of the BP collection. Click on the image for a discussion of the hair styles and clothing.

Girls were not as nearly enamored by little red wagons. That was certainly by impression as a boy in the 1940s-50s. And this is confirmed by the photographic record. Some girls did have them, but we are not always sure if the waggons in available photographs belonged to the girls or were nabbed from their brothers. Most girls just did not see them as appropriate for their precious dollies. They wanted more luxurious accomodations. So often baggy buggies appeared under the christmas tree for sis. This was a conveyance in which a girl's dollies could be more suitably connveyed, here a waggon just was not vdry dignified for their precious dolls.

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