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We see quite a number of American 3 year olds wearing ringlet curls. It was one of the principal ages for boys wearing ringlets. At this age many boys in the 19th century had not yet been breeched, but this varied from family to family. Most boys by thus age had enough hair that it could be curled. We see family differences beginning to appear at this age. Some parents believed in breeching boys before their curls were cut and others were more prone to cut the curls first. Some did both at the same time. A good example is an Ohio boy who looks to be about 3 years old in the 1890s. Family images are particularly useful because they help define when the children in the family had their curls cut. We have found one image with two young ode Island boys (figure 1). They look to be 3 and 5 years old. The 3-year old has suinglets. The 5-year old has short hair, suggesting that curls in that faily were cut at age 4-years. And it easier to estimate the ages in families with multipile children. We note an unidentified boy with ringlets in the 1850s while his school-age older brothers have short hair cuts. After the turn of the 20th century we see only very young boys wearing ringlets, especially by the late-1890s or early-10s. A good example is Jaspar Barnes.
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