Becky,
As far as hair, a simple explanation is that it was cut due to some
illness. Belief was that the hair sapped strength from the body and
inhibited recovery. A child of any "proper" family would wear a bonnet
outside.
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On May 20, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Becky Rautine wrote:
I tried to view the photos and other items on the site. I asked for
password and id. How do I get one to research costumes and hair of
the 1800s Prairie of Texas and Oklahoma. My daughter is a child
actor in the play "Texas" in Palo Duro Canyon. I am making her
costumes. I want to find examples to go by and use patterns I
already have. I have no idea about her hair. It is cut too short to
do much with.
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