Figure 1.--.This English caninet card portrait is undated, but the nount suggests the 1900s decade. There is woman in the middle surrounded by girls, three of which are wearing bonnets. The child at the lower right my be a boy, buty e zre not sure. Click on the image for a fuller discussion.

We believe that bonnets were worn by women in the 18th century, but are not sure how fashionable they were. We are also not yet sure about the 19th century. Our English 19th century archive is limited. We think that they were fairly common, but just do not have the images yet to cofirm it. We think that they were worn throughout the 20th century. But we certainly see bonnets at the turn-of-the 20th century, suggsting that they were also worn at least in the 1890s. So far most of our imagds come from the Edwardian era. We note these fancy headwear garments in the 1900s. Good examples are the elaborate bonnets worn by two Worcester toddlers at the turn-of-the 20th century. Many of our image, however, are undated. Thry certainly were popular in the 1900s. We are not sure about the 1910s. We suspect this was mostly in the early-10s and began to decline in the later-10s during World War I. We see few bonnet images in the 1920s.

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