Figure 1.--This unidentified American boy holds his peaked military cap for a CDV portrait in the 1860s. Click on the image to see the full portrait. |
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The first militarty style we note is a rather modern looking peaked cap that was worn by Mexican War soldiers. This seems to have been a style Americans boys began wearing in the 1820s, although it appeared earlier in Europe. We note an 1829 American drawing sghowing a boy at the White House. He wears one of these caps with a tassle and a short jacket. These caps might be worn by school boys with tunics as well as other garments. After photography is developed, we see them in the photographic record. A good example is 10-year old Edward Edwards in the mid-1840s. We see some military style caps in America during the 1850s, probably influenced by the Mexican War. We note an unidentified boy in the 1860s wearing one of these caps. They became less common in the late-19th century, but we still notice a few examples.
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