FAUSTMANN Gatsby cap or Newboys cap in a checkered pattern. Made of 100% cotton. Outside: 100% cotton checkered pattern Lining: 100% cotton twill colour ecru Made in Germany Some history for you: The style was popular in Europe and North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among both boys and adult men. As the name suggests, it is now associated with newspaper boys. This gives rise to a misunderstanding. It is true that many newspaper boys and other working boys wore flat caps, along with other styles. This style was not, however, worn only by boys. Flat caps were very common for North American and European men and boys of all classes during the early 20th century and were almost universal during the 1910s-20s, particularly among the working 'lower' classes. Many great photographs of the period show these caps worn not only by newsboys, but by dockworkers, high steelworkers, shipwrights, costermongers, farmers, beggars, bandits, artisans, and tradesmen of many types. This