Figure 1--Here we see an American boy probably about 1905. We have no information on the portait. The boy's ringlets are a good example of the thicker stykle. Image courtesy of the RG collection. |
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Ringlets reaching 1.5 cm look much thicker than the ones generally seen. Ringlets of this thickness, however, seem relatively rare. We have noted fewer portraits with these thick ringlets than with the slender and mdium thick ringlets. We are not sure at this time why this was. HBC is not sure how many ringlets boys with medium thickness might have. The thickness of course limits how many ringlets can be formed. As a result boys with these thick ringlets have a very small number of them. We are not entirely sure about the chronolgical trends here. We seem to note these thick styles more commonly after the turn of the 20th century than in the 1880s or even the 1890s. But we notice thick curls earlier. An example here is Elisha Dickerman about 1850. Both boys and girls wore ringlet curls, but we seem to have noted these thick curls being worn by girls much less conmonly.
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