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We see a variety of headwear worn with Norfolk suits, primarily because headwear styles changed during the long period that Norfolk styling was popular. At this time we are unsure about the headwear boys wore with Norfolk suits during the 19th century. We think various types of hats werre most common, but this needs to be confirmed. We know much more about the 20th century. We mostly notice boys wearing caps after the turn-of-the centuryin the 20th century. There were a variety of caps in the 1900s, but by the 1910s, flat caps were standard wear for American boys. In sharp contrast to the variety of caps worn in the 1900s, we rarely see other styles in the 1910s and 20s. So we see numerous images of boys wearing flat caps with Norfolk suits. The flast cap and Norfolk suits became a caracature of school boys during the early-20th cerntury. Hats were also worn, but the photographic record suggests that they were not very common.
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