Old Fashioned Dress and Bonnet Etsy Finally Finishing My 1831 Bonnet The Quintessential Clothes Pen Girls wearing old fashioned bonnets hi res stock photography and images Alamy Women's Pioneer Civil War Wind Bonnet In the mid 19th century, little girls wore bonnets mainly for practicality and tradition. The bonnets protected them from the sun and were seen as a proper part of a young girl's outfit. Fashions and bonnets, Autumn 1837 Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century Claremont Colleges Digital Library