Figure 1.--This English CDV portrait shows an unidentified boy wearing a vested cut-away jacket suit. Note the cap he is holding. It looks like pill box cap, but we think that he is holding the brim which thus can not be seen. So it is a peaked military style cap. The portrait is undated, but looks like the 1860s. There is no studio informion as is ghe case of mny early CDVs.

Headwear was commonly worn in the 19th century. We see boys wearing bth caps and hats. The popularity of caps have varied over time. The cap is a type if headwear tht primarily aooeared in the 19th century. The chronology affected both the popularity of headwear as well as the styles worn. We see a lot of hats in 19th century, although not nearly as many as in America. We note several dufferent styles of caps. Olivr Twist and peaked military caps were popular in the early-19th century. We also notice Scottish caps, both balmorals and glengaries. They were not worn to any extent in the early-19th century by English boys, but thanks to Queen Victoria we begin to see them at mid-century. We see peaked school caps and sailor caps after mid-century. Flat caps and pill box caps appear in the late-19th century. And we see mostly caps for schoolwear. Mortar boards were a medieval school worn at some schools. By the 20th century caps dominated. We rarely see English boys wearing hats in the 20th century. Boaters were a rare exception, but were mostly worn by older boys on specil occasions. The peaked school cap dominated the first half of the 20th century. They were not universal, but very common. Boys wore them at both private and state schools and commonly wore them after school as wel land over the weekends. Sailor caps declined in popularity. After mid-century headwear in general declined. We see some boys wearing baseball caps.

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