Figure 1.--This family snapshot is undated, but we would guess was taken in the early-1920s. The family is appearently taking a hike in the countryside. Notice the wide brim and thevfabricv thatn matches the boy's suit. |
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We begin to see the first of these hats around the turn-of-the 20th century as an adult fishing hat. Fishermen liked to pin their lures/flies on the cap and still do, although baseball caps have become more common for fishermen in America. The floppy sun hat. It was not a school style, but white versions sometimes worn when playing cricket, usually informally. Rather these hats were mostly worn at home during summer vacations. We see many different styles. They were informal styles worn as the name suggests worn during the summer. The photographic record shows many examples of mostly boys wearing these hats for a range of summer-time diversions, including biating, cricket, anf hiking. The brim provide shading to the face and was not wide enough o be blowwn off in the wind.
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