I don't wear this belt too often but when I do I am always struck by what a wonderful piece it is. The work of Hopi silversmith Morris Robinson (Talawytewa) who lived from 1900 - 1987. I've not tried to date the tooled leather belt, but the side stamped pieces are fastened to it with rawhide...
Brighton beach memories... an interesting water-proof machine woven hat that arrived with a railway ticket tucked under the sweatband. (Don't you love when that happens?)
The downside to collecting these is getting old in the process. But this is a stack of some of my favorite and most worn hats, just as they’re stored on my hat room shelf. No foam spacers needed.
Was watching Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt this evening (for the umpteenth time... I always enjoy it. There are a lot of interesting hats but I never noticed before that the thin ribbon worn by the detective's assistant (played by Wallace Ford, at right) is a Stetson Stratoliner. The film was...
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