Figure 1.-- Here we see a lovely English family image in 1902--everyone dressed in white. The children look to be a bout 1-14 years old. The two older girls wear identical fancy dcorated hats and dresses. One of the babies wears a baby bonnet. The baby boy is the only one that has no headwear. The older boy wears a broad-brimmed sailor hat andsailor suit. The children are identified as Dorthy, Leo, Jean, Claire, and an unknown child. Listed separately are Jim Lee and Herbert Gordon Lee. There seems to be a mix of siblings and cousins. We also see Syreng?? which may be the family name as well as Lee. Click on the image to see the writing on the back if you think you can sort all this out. Not listed is Daisey the dog. The studio is J.S. Farrer in Brampton and Wetheral, both in the nothern county bordering Scotlnd of Cumbria. While Cumbria is a long way from fashionanble London, the children are dressed as fashionably as any London famioly.

Formality still dominated fashion including children's fashion at the turn-of-the 20th century. We continue to see English girls at the turn-of-the 20th century wearing tams for everyday and wide brimmed hats when dressing up. The hats could be heavily decorated, although some were plain. We continue to de sailor hats in the early-20th century. They might have wide brims, but be very simple. Other wide-brimmed hats could elaborate decorations. The hat on the previous page is a good example. The girls wide brims could be bent jin places abd not perfectly rounded. Both boys and girls wore hats in the 19th century, although styles varied for boys and girls. After the turn-of-the 20th century boys primarily began wearing caps. Caps were never very popular for girls who continued to wear hats for some time. Girls also wore other head wear, including berets, bonnets, Scottish bonnets, and tams. Scottish bonnets and sailor head wear are often referred to as caps, but because they have not brim or bill.

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