Figure 1.--Shaving boys' heads became less popular in the 1920s, although long hair was also not common. Younger boys, like this pre-school boy on an undated German card made in Berlin, might wear Dutch boy bangs. HVC would date the card at about 1925. |
Some of the early German cards are easy to spot because before and immediately after World War I the Germans produced cards where the boys had shaved heads. While not unknown in other countries, it was much more common in Germany. By the mid 1920s we begin to see fewer images of boys with shaved heads. Boys with long hair are realtively rare, but we have noted younger boys with Dutch boy bangs, as this style is called in America. I'm not sure what the Germans called it.
A HBC reader comments, " It's interesting what you say on the German postcards, though the shaved hairstyle was not unique for Germany. I'll do some thinking and searching,maybe I can give some insights."
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