The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[Hurricane Jack]

Traveling snake oil salesman.

 

[BobHufford]

Berlin, 1905.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

“Here, hold my beer & watch this!”

 

[Hurricane Jack]

1966

 

[RossRYoung]

Cowboy Phil Rupp from Grand Rapids, he’s got quite the collection of duds! Keep asking about his hats but he doesn’t share too many details of the 10 gallons.

Maybe you could be an extra?

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[Hurricane Jack]

Self service & carbon-free fuel was available in 1915. It would be some yrs before politicians would discover that cows produced methane gas polluting the atmosphere.

 

[Zombie_61]

Traveling snake oil salesman.

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↑ Further proof that women are generally smarter than men--she's the only one looking at the camera.

 

[BobHufford]

Crossing the White River near Forsyth, Missouri. The 1927 flood had taken out several bridges.

 

[Mighty44]

Speaking of Berghoff’s in Chicago (as we were inWhat Hat Are You Wearing?) how about this vintage shot from their website? 1930-something according to the caption.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

↑ Further proof that women are generally smarter than men--she's the only one looking at the camera.

As the old saying goes, she could sell ice cubes to Eskimos.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

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Speaking of Berghoff’s in Chicago (as we were inWhat Hat Are You Wearing?) how about this vintage shot from their website? 1930-something according to the caption.

The pic is from the repel of Prohibition, 1933.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

1926 Indianapolis 500

 

[Frunobulax]

Happy Independence Day, fellow Americans!

Coney Island, 1938

St. Helena Island, SC, 1939 (color photograph, not colorized)

Daytona Beach, 1940 (why the the
hell are they wearing overcoats in FL on the 4th of July?)

 

[BobHufford]

Happy Independence Day in the U.S.A.

^^^^^ I would so wear that hat.

 

[Zombie_61]

Happy Independence Day in the U.S.A.

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^^^^^ I would so wear that hat.

Ah, but would you shave your beard down to nothing but a goatee?

 

[BobHufford]

Ah, but would you shave your beard down to nothing but a goatee?

If it was for my country.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Getting ready for the ride to Sturgis.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

1949 “Man from Mars Radio Hat”.

The transistor had been invented in 1947 but was still considered experimental & not widely available, so the hat’s radio relied on vacuum tube technology. The radio hat retailed for $7.95 & was available in eight colors: Lipstick Red, Canary Yellow, Blush Pink, Rose Pink, Tangerine, Flamingo, Chartreuse, & Tan. Seven more colors were added before manufacturing was discontinued in 1950.

 

[BobHufford]

1949 “Man from Mars Radio Hat”.

The transistor had been invented in 1947 but was still considered experimental & not widely available, so the hat’s radio relied on vacuum tube technology. The radio hat retailed for $7.95 & was available in eight colors: Lipstick Red, Canary Yellow, Blush Pink, Rose Pink, Tangerine, Flamingo, Chartreuse, & Tan. Seven more colors were added before manufacturing was discontinued in 1950.

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[Hurricane Jack]

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Figured survivors would be rare. Can you imagine how rare chartreuse or tangerine might be?