The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[hatophile]

Now THAT's a fishing hat!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Roast corn man, Manhattan, 1938
Photographer: Berenice Abbott

 

[KingAndrew]

1939 Texas

Is that gentleman wearing a Homburg with overalls? And in 1939, too? Kind of redefines the idea of "it was a very formal hat so it didn't get worn much." And the example is so nice and new, unlike the stereotypical "beater" hats farmers are often pictured with.

All the pix in this post were great, by the way.

Andrew

 

[carouselvic]

 

[mayserwegener]

France 1934

 

[GoldenEraFan]

1939 Texas

Is that gentleman wearing a Homburg with overalls? And in 1939, too? Kind of redefines the idea of "it was a very formal hat so it didn't get worn much." And the example is so nice and new, unlike the stereotypical "beater" hats farmers are often pictured with.

All the pix in this post were great, by the way.

Andrew

He's actually just wearing slacks with suspenders. I've seen an example or 2 of workers wearing homburgs. Particularly a 1915 era man wearing one with a big turtle neck sweater.

 

[Lefty]

White Plains, GA 1941
great photo, great ribbon

NYC baseball game at Polo Grounds, 1910-1915
soft, hard, velour, cap, up-brim, snap-brim, back-bow, short-crown, tall-crown, wide-brim, stingy, WAR, and maybe a TAR on the photographer (I can't tell)

 

[Hoyt Clagwell]

It would be neat to know how many cigars were smoked that day at that ball game.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., 1926

 

[hatophile]

Looks like a Johnny Depp hat.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Sept. 6, 1957: Frank Lloyd Wright with an assistant assesses his latest creation, a museum to house Solomon R. Guggenheim’s growing modern art collection.”

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Buster Keaton Battling Butler 1926

 

[Fletch]

Flying Down to Rio. 1933

4 of the film's 5 stars: Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, Raúl Roulien, Fred Astaire. (Dolores del Rio is missing.)

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

From Rivet head

 

[Lefty]

Howard Hughes in Akron

 

[Sprinkles]

Look at that boater in the background!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Soviet Photo Magazine #1, 1929

 

[buler]

Houdini could attract a crowd.

B

 

[alanfgag]

Great stuff!

It took a few decades, but Houdini managed to make all those hats disappear.

 

[Joshbru3]

Some SUPER tall derby crowns