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The answer depends entirely on whether the crease is pressed in or not and if the hat is sized ( starched) like a western.......
Regardless of age if the crown is stiff (can be the case on even true vintage) and the crease is pressed in.....then...
I have found scanners do not work well with tintypes and other 19th century photographs....somewhere I posted a side by side and the scanner picture was extremely washed out looking nothing like the original image.
Some of the tintypes especially are also delicate and cannot even be placed on a...
Yes, corduroy was invented in France almost a hundred years earlier. It became quite popular in the mid-19th century over here for sporting, casual and work cloths.
As private purchase it became popular among several officers (of both sides) for riding trousers and coats.
General Buford of...
This one is Circa 1865. Love the plug hats and pipes. I like to collect photos of guys drinking and smoking, primarily before 1890 (so tintypes, cdv's and cabinet cards). Again sorry for the starburst but a flash provided the clearest copy.....
Wear the western over the stingie OR wear the stingie on the western.....or a big stingie........................the best of BOTH WORLDS!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Cross posting this here as it is posted in: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/show-us-your-vintage-flask.110819/post-3009352
THIS is what is made when a person says: "I want a heavy duty custom stick, and a plain shillelagh just will not do, oh and I have this heavy brass sort of door nob...
THIS is what is made when a person says: "I want a heavy duty custom stick, and a plain shillelagh just will not do, oh and I have this heavy brass sort of door nob Lion head thing. Can you make it?!?!?!?!?"
Unmarked, Unknown date............sort of craftsman style. Very well made.
Brass head...
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