Figure 1.-- Gere we see a family scene during the winter durung the 1910s, probably the early-10s. Father wears a bowler hat. Mother has wears a shgawl. The younger boy has a stocking cap, the older boy a flat cap. The girl wears a fashionable hat. We are not sure if it is a winter hat.

Headwear could be highly seasonal. This was less true in the 19th century when people, especially working-class people did not have extensive wardrobes. Boys commonly wore rounded crown hats in the 19th century. These hats were very common and worn both in the summer and winter. By the late-19th century we begin to see more boys wearing warm winter caps. We see quite a range of caps, but no one style was dominant. The one pervasice style was the rounded crown hat and that as sorn in both warm and cold weather. The rounded crown hat disappeared with the turn of the 20th century. This situation contimnued in the 1900s decade. We see more winter caps and both boys and girls might wear stocking caps. This chanhes in thw 1910s when the falt cap became virtually univerrsal. Many had ear flaps for winter wera. We do not see boys pulling down the ear flaps unless it was really cold. In the northern states we see winter woodsman caps. The peaked cap decloned in popularity and took on a juvenile, upperclass look. The flat caps continued to dominate noys' wear through the 1930s. After World War II we see a new winter cap becoming popular. It was a kind of baseball cap in heavy material and earflaps that has fleecy material and were often worn up. By this time head wear was going out of style. This is one reason ear muffs become more popular. Boys might have basball caps for casual summer wear, but the only other seasonal headwear was a winter cap which many boys had. There were also stocking caps which both boys and girls wore. Girls did not have winter hats or caps, but some wore stocking caps--often with poms. And berets were very common during the 1910s-30s. They were done in wool and could be pulled down over the ears.

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