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Anyone ever hear of UBI brand hats?
I had a couple of decent low-priced milan straws made by Ubi. They start to darken with perspiration after a few years and nothing can be done about it. But they only cost $20-30 new. Semper ubi sub ubi. lol -
Pros and Cons of Inner Cloth or Leather Hat Sweat Band
Yep, Cyclone Country. You might actually be comfier in a roan sweat, but you'll need to let it air-dry after each wearing, then keep it supple with leather conditioner every so often. -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Hats at Ease: Summer 1932 Click to enlarge Cambridge, Mass., June 22, 1932. Baseball crowd, Harvard vs. Yale, Soldiers' Field. The Bulldog's bite didn't amount to much as the Crimson sailed to a 17-4 triumph under pitching ace Charlie Devens. That fall, Devens became a New York Yankee, and... -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Hats in Crisis: Summer 1932 Click to enlarge Washington, D.C., July 4, 1932. Thousands of World War veterans demonstrate at the U.S. Capitol for immediate payment of their service bonuses. The marchers remained encamped in Washington until forcibly removed by Army units on July 28. The bonus... -
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Pros and Cons of Inner Cloth or Leather Hat Sweat Band
Roan is a specialty sheepskin that is thinner, softer, and more absorbent than most leathers. Its main use today is in custom bookbinding, but it has always been a standby in hat making. Roan makes a comfortable, flexible sweat, but there can be life and durability issues, especially if it is... -
What in Blue Blazers! Vintage Blazers 44-46
Chasseur, the Saks blazer is here and it is a perfect fit and a thing of beauty. Feeling the softness, I wouldn't be surprised if it's partly or entirely alpaca.- Fletch
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- Forum: Classifieds
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
If I'm pushing a partisan view, tell me where and I'll clean it up. If not, I was doing historical analysis, as I intended.- Fletch
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
I've read a lot about the Bonus March of 1932, which was like Occupy times a hundred in the impact of 43,000 WW1 veterans massed on Washington. Their own fellow soldiers had to clear them out under General MacArthur, who countermanded even President Hoover's orders to show restraint. And these...- Fletch
- Post #575
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Maybe I'm the political one saying this, but the collective life is ok if it's not organized beyond a local level. Your hipster archetype is embracing makerism and hackerism lately, perhaps because Occupyism failed the tests of coherency and persuasiveness. (Which was the only reason it was...- Fletch
- Post #562
- Forum: The Golden Era
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ever heard of very many tall people that live over 80?
B'ball was not a game for tall people then, it was a game for fast, little people. The college game was dominated by New York for decades, because of their scrappy street kids with sharp elbows. As late as 1957, 5'7" Chet Forte was the leading scorer in NCAA ball. His runner-up was 7'2" Wilt...- Fletch
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Am I hearing a political dog whistle in this thread? Do I have to call Lizzie in here to tap tap tap on the virtual floor?- Fletch
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Let's go for a drive...Billboards of 1932
You said a mouthful. If you go on vintage-photo sites like Shorpy, you will find that large-format vernacular photography - which gave an amazingly rich record of the first few decades of the 20th century - all but stopped during the Depression years. Most of the really detailed images of the...- Fletch
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Crooner Tony Martin passes at 98
Held Over! The New York Times obit calls Tony the "Last Man Standing" from prewar pop music. He really was, too. All writeups so far omit his saxophone playing - invaluable to starting his career in an era when the singer as star attraction was still a new idea. The ground floor was to work... -
(Short) Magazine scan: Summer Suits, Collier's Magazine, May 24, 1941
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How did one make Prohibition homebrew?
Anheuser-Busch had you covered.- Fletch
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- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Let's go for a drive...Billboards of 1932
You may have to wait till the J.S. docks. Riverboats aren't wired for radio yet. But you might catch Bob on KMOX from the Meadowbrook Ballroom, over WIL at Sauter's Park, or the really plum gig in town, the Chase Hotel via KWK.- Fletch
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Let's go for a drive...Billboards of 1932
W.A. (Andy) Rigsby of St. Louis, Mo., was an accomplished artist of a kind mostly gone today - the commercial sign and scene painter. Family members have preserved quite a few examples of his work for the General Outdoor Advertising Company, in the form of these beautiful photographs - all taken...- Fletch
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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How did one make Prohibition homebrew?
OK. Let's say it's 1930 and I have acquired a can of this stuff: I also have a couple big old glass carboys, purchased under the pretext that I want to make my own root beer; a cool cellar with a hidey hole or two; and a reliable supply of water (probably hard, if it matters). How far away am...- Fletch
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