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Bowler from the bottom of the sea
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thunderw21
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Amazing, recovered from the Titanic. Really, they don't make hats like they use to.
carter
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Amazing, Incredible, Unbelieveable,...
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Wow! That is truly astounding. 
Lee
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I guess they don't make 'em like they used to.
SamMarlowPI
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holy gondola that's too cool...
Ecuador Jim
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Didn't "Charlie the Tuna" wear a Bowler? Or was it a beret? lol
lolJovan
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That bowler must be viewed as a serious badass by his contemporaries. lol
duggap
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Quite amazing, there are life forms that eat a steal ship but a fur felt hat can survive. Wonder how come?[huh]
Mid-fogey
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Wow...
...that looks better than some of the hats for sale on e-bay.
...that looks better than some of the hats for sale on e-bay.
Josephine
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Ecuador Jim said:Didn't "Charlie the Tuna" wear a Bowler? Or was it a beret?
From Wiki: The advertisements depicted Charlie... as a hipster wearing a beret and glasses...
funneman
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Jovan said:
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funneman
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:eusa_clap :eusa_clapMid-fogey said:
caps v. hats
I thought this comment was very interesting:
"Only the lower types wore caps, and to go out without a hat meant being seen as either "low,” wretchedly poor, just plain eccentric, or even faintly obscene."
Is that generally correct? I've never thought of that before, but early in the 20th Century, caps did seem to have a much lower standard. It's odd to think of it, as if I wear a Newboy with a tweed jacket today, I'm dressed up. Earlier, however, quite the opposite would have been true.
I thought this comment was very interesting:
"Only the lower types wore caps, and to go out without a hat meant being seen as either "low,” wretchedly poor, just plain eccentric, or even faintly obscene."
Is that generally correct? I've never thought of that before, but early in the 20th Century, caps did seem to have a much lower standard. It's odd to think of it, as if I wear a Newboy with a tweed jacket today, I'm dressed up. Earlier, however, quite the opposite would have been true.
deanglen
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I guess I'm a "lower" type by that definition because I'm leaning more and more toward my eight panel caps these days.
dean
dean
AlanC
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Mid-fogey said:
lol
imaginary ebay listing said:
deanglen said:
Being where I am, I do wear a broad brimmed hat, a cowboy hat, a lot when I'm out in the hills, and occasionally in town. And I wear an Open Road sometimes in town, or even a Fedora, depending on the weather. None the less, my Newsboy gets worn a lot more in town than any other hat I have.
Not sure why. Maybe just because it provokes fewer comments.
Funny though, I think the comment in the link might be right about that time period, but at some point it seems to me caps rose in status. So not only do we have a general demise in hats, but a rise in the status of caps.
