Figure 2.--Photographs of children in ringlets were almost always taken from the front. This Dagerotype was probably taken in the 1860s. The child is probably a girl, but shows what the curls may have looked from the back. |
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Relatively few images exist of the back of a child showing the ringlet curls. HBC has mostly used the few available images when convimced that boys were involved. It is not always possible, however, to determine the gender of these children. HBC believes boys with ringlets may have been the most likely to be photographed with their backs to the camera. There was something special about a boys' ringlets as they would soon be cut. Thus mothers wanted to have a photographic keepsake. Thus it was boys that were most likely to be photographed with a rear view just before their ringlets were to be cut. This was less likely to be the case for girls who might have long hair and ringlets for years. Surely this was not always the case, but it was probably a common convention.
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