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There were also various ways to style the back of the hair when wearing ringlets. Less information is available here because the boy was rarely photographed from the back for a formal portrait. As a result, understandably much less information is available on the back of the head in the ringlet curl hair styles than the front. There are, however, a few such images as some mother wanted to make sure there was a complete record of their sons's curls preserved in all their glory before they were cut. Thus a few photographs exist with the boys' back to the camera. HBC believes boys with ringlets may have been the most likely to be photographed with their backs to the camera. The back of a boys' hair style varied as to the style of ringlets and the characteristics of the individual ringlets.
Less information is available is availasble on how the back of a child's hair was styled in ringlet curl hairdos because the boy was rarely photographed from the back for a formal portrait. Almost all portaits of boys wearing tinglet curls are front or partial side images. As a result, understandably much less information is available on the back of the head in the ringlet curl hair styles than the front. This leaves us with relatively few glimses of the entire hair style. We do not see the boy's back, but rather have to guess or interperolate what the hair style looked like from the back. Sometimes it is obvious from what ewe can see at the front or side. In many other instances, howevertr, ot is no quite so clear.
We notice some portraits of the back of boys wearing ringlet curls. HBC has managed to archive a few such iimages. This was not the kind of portrait that would be sent out tgo family and friends. Rather these were keep sakes that mothers would lovingly put in the family album. Mother wanted to make sure there was a complete record of their sons's curls preserved in all their glory before they were cut. Thus a few photographs exist with the boys' back to the camera. HBC believes boys with ringlets may have been the most likely to be photographed with their backs to the camera. The back of a boys' hair style varied as to the style of ringlets and the characteristics of the individual ringlets.
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.
The rear views show the great variety in the number of ringlets. The number can in fact be estimated so much better in the rear views. The images suggest that 6-10 ringlets were the most common.
As with the front views, quite a wide range of ringlet thicknesses can be noted.
The legth of the ringlets can also be best estimated from the year. Some boys might have ringlets that fell to the middle of the back. More common were ringlets that fell to the boy's shoulder blades. Some were shprter, only falling to shoulder length.
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Most of the frontal view of boys with ringlets show the boys' hair with out any kind of devices holding the hair in place, with the exceotion of hair bows. The boy in figure three can be seen with with barbette or some such device which appears to be holding his hair in place.
HBC has noted a number of different ringlet styles for the back. Most ringlet hair styles were done with ringlets falling both at the side and back. Some ringlet styles seem to have been done to fall mostly in the back. We note styles with both uniform and variable ringlets. Most of the fancy styling, if any, was done at the front or crown. Stylistic differences at the back primarily concerned uniformity or variance with the side curls. The fall of the ringlets varies depenfing on how the hair is combed. Back curls may reflect the fact that the hair has been cut at the side and allowed to grow in the back. A center part will produce mostly side ringlets. How the hair is cut will also produce variation. The multiple characteristic involved make for quote a number of varied styles.
Just like the front and back, the styling at the side varried as well. We note that some ringlet curl hair styles had rinlets at the side of the head as well as the back. Other styles had all of the ringlets at the back leaving the hair at the side short. A good example here is Willie Morrison. Here the styles varoes. The boys' ears were a factor here. Many left the ears exposed, other did not.
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