Figure 1.--Here we see a French boy wearing waht we are calling medium curls. Perhaps our French readers will know better what to call the style. The unidentified boy looks to be about 5-6 years old and ear hios medium curkls wuth a short pants sailor suit. All we kmow for sure is the snapshot was taken in 1932.

We note some boys, mostly pre-school boys with a kind of short cut curls. The boys involved may have had naturally curled hair. We think this is likely, but have few detaila from French sources. The styles involved bangs at the front and hair is a kind of bushy affect covering the ears. We have no idea what the French called it. It was a style we note in the 1920s and 30s, but probably appeared somewhat earlier. Almost all the examples we have found are 20th century examples.We see far fewer examples in the 1940s. It was worn with various younger boy outfits including sailor suits. We are not sure how prevalent this style was, but have seen a number of examples in the photographic record. We think the style was more popular in postcards than in as a common boys style. Post cards of children were very popular in the early-20th century. They seem to have showcased how mothers would have liked to dress their sons rather than how they actually did so, Except for the very younget, some of the boys mayn ahve objevted to the fancier styles. We do, however, also see portraits and family snapshots showing boys wearing this style.

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