*** boys hair styles : center parts -- turn of the century country trends United States America





American Boys Center Hair Parts: Turn-of-the 20th Century

Figure 1.-- Here we see two brothers with identical suits, but different collars. Their hair is parted the same, a kind of center part, but slightly off. The cabinet card is undated, but we would guess was taken aout 1900. The photographer was A.W. Judd, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
We find quite a number of undated portraits images showing boys with center parts. Using the mounts and clothing styles we can date them roughly to 1895-1905. Thus we know that center parts were a popular style at mid-century. The fact that most of the dated portraits we have found are in the 1900s, this styles seems to have become a popular style at or shortly after mid-century. This seems to have been when the style became so popular. It is difficult to be precise, but it is fairly easy to date these images to the 10 years spanning the turn-of-the 20th century because mount styles changed during this period and then postcard bafvk portraits and snapshots appeared in 1904.







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