Figure 1.--These Dutch boys photographed in the late 1930s wear English-looking school caps. This was not a uniform, but it was their school clothes.
Dutch boys have not generally worn school uniforms. Thus the caps they have worn to school have been simply contemprary styles rather than uniform caps. Sailor suits and caps were commonly worn to school in the early 20th century. Some Dutch boys wore military like caps in the early 20th century. Yonger boys might wear sailor hats. We have also noted boys wearing English-style peaked caps. Here we are not sure if these are school uniform caps are simply a popular style of cap. HBC has few other details on caps boys wore to school. Modern Dutch boys do not wears caps to school as commonly as in the past.
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