The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[hatophile]

Big hats, those.

 

[Dan Allen]

That hat at lower right is a helluva thing.

"Thing"may be the appropriate word.

 

[buler]

Nice! Any idea on time or place?

Turns out it's listed as the Stetson Showroom, 220 Fifth Ave, circa 1910.


Full pic (click for larger image)


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[fedoracentric]

Stetson Harmony Circle, 1920 - wearing an assortment of Stetson models

It would be so cool to find a Stetson sombrero! And that Uncle Sam hat in the middle is a hoot.

 

[hatophile]

The Montana peak far left second row and the cowboy far right second row are very nice.

 

[buler]

A second shot of the Stetson showroom.

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[Joao Encarnado]

Really nice hats on that 1920 picture!!

 

[buler]

Callahan Hats 1932

 

[buler]

Listed as National Hat Store. No date.

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[Garrett]

Great stuff, Bill. Keep em coming!

 

[1mach1]

Wow, Bill. Great images. Kinda makes you drool....

 

[Lotsahats]

Thanks, Buler! The those exquisite pictures reminded me...I recall sitting in some department store, about twenty years back, next to an older gentleman. We were waiting on our spouses, and he was telling me of the old days up in St. Joseph, MO, which at the time was quite the place for clothes, hats, and furs. This gent said that when you'd go into a furrier's shop, your wife would be whisked away to fitting and changing rooms; the attendants would bring you a cigar and a drink--maybe a scotch or a brandy--and make you as comfortable as you'd be in one of the old-world men's clubs. These hat shop pictures made me think they'd be similar in feel.

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[Mystic]

I've been reading a book about Meyer Lansky the notorious "Mafia Banker", The "Chairman of the Board". Many photos...Notice the different brim widths, Lansky's is a tall crown "stingy" brim.

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Interesting excerpt from book: "In a closet by the door (Meyer's home den) Meyer kept a wooden hat block on which sat one of his pearl-grey Cavanaugh hats. In his bedroom closet sat another wooden hat block with an identical hat placed carefully upon it to preserve its shape."

 

[Brad Bowers]

Even the crooks wore the best!

Brad

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Notice the different brim widths, Lansky's is a tall crown "stingy" brim.

Different? They all look too narrow to me

Even the crooks wore the best!

They could pay it...

 

[hatophile]

I wouldn't want to meet those guys in a dark alley.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

 

[fedoracentric]

Different? They all look too narrow to me

That was the 30s style. 2-3/8 was about all the bigger they got for a while there.

 

[fedoracentric]

That is the corniest photo I have yet seen.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

That was the 30s style. 2-3/8 was about all the bigger they got for a while there.

That would make me looks for older hats.