Swedish Hair Parts



Figure 1.--This CDV portrait shows an unidentified Swedish child about 1900. The child looks to be a girl. A major gender indicator in these old photographs is a center part. The child here has a part somewhere between a center and a side part. Most center parts were much closer to the center. While the CDV is undated, thev back shows all kinds of medals the studio won with several in 1897 and 98. This suggestd the portait was taken in 1899 or 1900. Thdealer suggests it was taken in the 1900s. The studio was L. Larsson in Stockholm.

Hair parts are a particularly imprtant element in hair styling. We focus on parts because they are a very useful gender indicator. This was badly needed in the 19th century when younger boys were commonly dressed in dresses and other skirted garments. And as younger boys and girls often look alike, determining gender is a real problem. And e can not verybwell address fashion trends without knowin if individuals in the portaits are boys or girls. Girls commonly had center parts and boys side parts. It is of course impossible to tell in many photographivc portaits where the children are not identified, but in the portraits with identifification, this was certainly the case. We can never be sure about unidentified portrait, but the part is the best single gender indicator we know about. This of course is not only true of Sweden, but Europe genrrally and the United States.








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