Robin and the Seven Hoods...
Sinatra and his ring-a-ding-pack in a musical gangster spoof in the Depression era... not that the clothing is really depression era mind you...
Loads of great lids of all types and bashes... Frank has a few but mostly his famous 60's style high crown center dent...
My Grandmother was a tough cookie... She became the manager and head buyer for a major department store. She wore slacks to work... she was one of 16 siblings (only 9 survived ). Her sister, Aunt Grace, was a real looker as a young woman and was bejeweled and courted by "UncleTony" who was in...
It does look to be 30's... may not have had an insert... check to see what the finish on the inside shows...does it look worn/used or "pale"... any tobacco bits... that'll probably tell you
Artlite is a softer more malleable and lighter weight felt... weighs in like virtually nothing on your noggin... think vintage Borsalino. BTW check to see what colors he has available .
Never built one myself but in "58 (international Geophysical Year) I was given a crystal radio for Christmas in the shape of the Sputnik Russian space ship... I was amazed that all I had to do was alligator clip it to the radiator and I got radio broadcasts...
I recall I also got a "Gilbert"...
Great thread... Lizzie I don't know how you got to know all these factoids... but well done...!!
As long as we're talking about food... I recall very well regularly eating brains as a kid in the early 50's. My mother would prepare them with garlic and breadcrumbs and broiled perhaps a little...
I would venture to agree that all our hats have a unique character... 'specially custom made ... it seems to me that a hat never really stays the same... as you wear it for some time it breaks in and takes on a character/shape unique to the wearer and use,
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