Figure 1.--Here we see a family snapshot of a brother and sister. It is undated, but we would say was taken in the early-1920s. The girl wears a broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned down. Her little brother who looks avout 6-years old wears a sailot cap to match his button-on sailor suit,

Six years of age was when children began school. It is an age when some boys began to wear older boy clothes, but most were still wearin the younger styles. We see many boys wearing a range of headwear in the 19th century. Roundedcrown hats were the most common, but we see some military-styled peaked caps at mid-century. We also see tams and wide-brimmed sailor hats. The late-19th century is notable for the diversity of boy's headwear. Some are familiar styles. Others look strange with the outfits worn. By the end of the century we mostly see caps, quite a wide variety, including peaked caps, woodmen styles, sailor caps, and others. After the turn-of-the 20th century we see mostly sailor caps, peaked caps and flat caps. The flat capsere almost universal, but by the late-30s the peaked cap was the mos common hedwear for younger boys, including 6-year olds. By the 960s we see headwar gradually going out of syle for all boys, including 6-year olds. The major exception was cold-wear an styles and rainwear. Girls migh use umnbrellas, but boysere more inclined to use than a swords in play fighting. We do see casual styles like baseball caos becoming popular.

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