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We notice large numbers of boys wearing bowties in the early 20th century just as large floppy bows were going out of style. Our ininital assessment is that the number of bowrties increased significantly in the 1900s. We are not sure precisely when this change occurred, but we see loys in large numbers wearing bow ties ar the very early part of the decade. Bowties seem to have been particularly popular in the 1900s. We see many boys wearing them in the formal portraits of the day. While we see quite a number of boys wearing them, but we do not see as many boys wearing them as standard neckties. TYhe bowtie was not aarticularly boyish style. They seem to have been mostly worn by teenagers or boys nearing their teen years, but we notice some younger school age boys as well. We stull note quite a few boys wearing flkoppy bows, especially at the beginning of the decade. We note both solid colored bowties as well as patterns. We are not sure about the actual colors.
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