AMAZING Vintage Photos of Fedoras

[rclark]

There is a really cool Facebook page titled "Traces of Texas" that features old photos of various people and things. It always seems to post photos of people wearing really cool hats.

Here are a couple of recent photo posts that were taken in 1939 per the Facebook posts:

 

[hatophile]

Gotta love those thin ribbons Rick. The bottom pic has shown up here before, but I still like seeing it.

 

[Willybob]

The story I heard about the Roosevelt Muir photo was that the photographer had Roosevelt wear the hat he has on because it was in better shape that his favorite flop hat which he is holding in his left hand behind his back. It may have seen batter days on San Juan Hill.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

There is a really cool Facebook page titled "Traces of Texas" that features old photos of various people and things. It always seems to post photos of people wearing really cool hats.

Here are a couple of recent photo posts that were taken in 1939 per the Facebook posts:

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Time passes, classic styles, sans hair, live on!

Eric -

 

[Fastuni]

1944 German "Volkssturm" in Berlin... a good view on various hat/crease styles in a late war setting:

 

[Fastuni]

Bird's view of hat creases on a German street corner ca. 1930.
Photo by Erich Grisar

Source: http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/ru...ch-grisar-malocher-und-schlote-a-1082784.html

 

[mayserwegener]

That is really great! There is a hat with a Crease Clip (gray hat top center)!

 

[Frunobulax]

That is really great! There is a hat with a Crease Clip (gray hat top center)!

First thing I noticed, Steve!

 

[Bob Roberts]

We have EYES! Me too! Lol.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

If you commune & worship out in nature remember to offer a toast in memory of this man, John Muir, early advocate of its preservation, American naturalist, environmental philosopher & author of same.

 

[TheDane]

If you commune & worship out in nature remember to offer a toast in memory of this man, John Muir, early advocate of its preservation, American naturalist, environmental philosopher & author of same.

Thank you for posting Jack. I've been a big Ansel Adams fan for many years, and I remember his mentions of Muir on several occasions. I don't recall ever seeing a photo of him

 

[tropicalbob]

Apparently, he was a sharp dresser as well.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Thank you for posting Jack. I've been a big Ansel Adams fan for many years, and I remember his mentions of Muir on several occasions. I don't recall ever seeing a photo of him

Besides Ansel Adams I really like Edward S. Curtis & his photographic documentation of the Navajo in the American Southwest. I have 2 or 3 coffee table books of his work & some Adams prints. I'm really glad that men such as Adams, Curtis, Muir, Seth Bullock & their work had great influence on important people of the time such as Teddy Roosevelt.

Here is Edward Curtis taken a 3 different stages of his life:

 

[Fastuni]

Crowd of well-hatted heads in Stockholm, May 1, between 1939 and 1945:

 

[mayserwegener]

Great variety! Notice the shorter brim + taller crown Homburg like hats. Very similar to some of the Janyška hats from recent Czech find. Also really fantastic gray (I assume) Velour on the right.

 

[addison]

Good stuff!
Thanks!

 

[Fastuni]

Vermont Governor and Senator George Aiken... mid 1930's.

Great leather jacket with well-worn Fedora.
Love everything about the outfit.

 

[RJR]

Vermont Governor and Senator George Aiken... mid 1930's.

Great leather jacket with well-worn Fedora.
Love everything about the outfit.

Nice pic!