The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[carouselvic]

photo of cowboys gathered around a Hoodlum Wagon on the Spur Ranch in 1910

 

[RJR]

photo of cowboys gathered around a Hoodlum Wagon on the Spur Ranch in 1910

Interesting assortment of hats!

 

[Fed in a Fedora]

http://folkstreams.net/film/188

Here is a video with some old traditions from near where I lived as a child. The hats are great. There are other good vids on the site, but this one is literally close to home.

 

[g.durand]

Thanks for posting that, Fed. It brings back some memories.

 

[hatophile]

http://folkstreams.net/film/188

Here is a video with some old traditions from near where I lived as a child. The hats are great. There are other good vids on the site, but this one is literally close to home.

Gonna pole the pirogue down the bayou...

 

[BobHufford]

When I saw the title of the video I thought they were making these ...

 

[BobHufford]

Competitive team kite flying?

Caption
Instructor explaining the operation of the parachute to students, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.
Photographer
Arthur Rothstein
Created
January 1942
Location
Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas

 

[BobHufford]

Caption
Scene in fruit and vegetable market, Weatherford, Texas

Caption
Farmers talking and looking at tire sale handbill, Weatherford, Texas

Photographer
Russell Lee
Created
May 1939
Location
Weatherford, Parker, Texas

 

[BobHufford]

... and no short cuts.

Caption
Sign, San Juan, Texas
Photographer
Russell Lee
Created
February 1939
Location
San Juan, Hidalgo, Texas

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Young & not so young Mafia wise guys in the 1920's.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Beginning his criminal career at a young age he quickly earned the street name, "High Pockets". I wonder if those are booster pants for shoplifting?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

And the young soldiers of the Black Hand extortion gang of NY in the early 1900's.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

And one of the best hats among many arrest pictures.

 

[Bamaboots]

Hale Co., AL sharecroppers, 1936. Floyd Burroughs is the fellow squatting. The lower photo is Burroughs home.

 

[hatophile]

Gotta love those old houses with the dog trot in the middle.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Chamuco,

A little help with the translation, please. I can make out Colonel Serralos but not his companion's name, & is that Tom Mix speaking to the Colonel? Doesn't look like Mix unless this was taken early in his career. Love his hat!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I think the purple guy has a diamond bash!

 

[BobHufford]

Local livestock auction in the 1950s.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Taken at Prairie Du Chien, WI.