HATS WITH HISTORY

[SMUPhil]

http://imgur.com/a/2kOLd

Found this Resistol at a local thrift store for $3. 7 3/8, which is my size, and I'd been wanting a straw western so I was thrilled to snag it. Looked dirty on the outside/top but the inside was flawless. Was able to clean up the top a decent amount with a damp cloth. Anyway, you can see inside that the hat was made for the Levis Raleigh Race Team which was a professional cycling team in the 80's. I tried googling for pics of the team to see if the hat was in any of them, but no luck.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

For $3 it's a great find.

 

[RJR]

Agreed!

 

[Frunobulax]

Currently on eBay - Fred Merz's hat.

 

[carouselvic]

The hat in the photo is a bound edge, the other is an over welt.

 

[Frunobulax]

Shoot, your eye is better than mine. I can't tell that's a bound edge on the photo of Frawley. Well, it came with a COA, and as with many props, it might be a hat he wore, not the hat.

Anyhoo, I just followed my own link to see the pic, and somebody has scooped it up. $1,999.99.

 

[RBH]

Shoot, your eye is better than mine. I can't tell that's a bound edge on the photo of Frawley. Well, it came with a COA, and as with many props, it might be a hat he wore, not the hat.

Anyhoo, I just followed my own link to see the pic, and somebody has scooped it up. $1,999.99.

Nope its been re listed.
But I agree with Vic.

 

[Frunobulax]

Howzabout this one?

 

[fabiovenhorst]

This top hat belonged to Edmundo M. Narancio, former president of the "Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay" and also former minister for education and culture from Uruguay.

 

[Tonio]

I was browsing through "The American Hatter" and came across this. No image, however I thought it was interesting. Wonder what ever came of it.

The American hatter. v. 31 (Feb.-July 1902)

 

[Redfokker]

This top hat belonged to Edmundo M. Narancio, former president of the "Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay" and also former minister for education and culture from Uruguay.
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What a treasure Fabio! I have no words...

 

[Redfokker]

I was browsing through "The American Hatter" and came across this. No image, however I thought it was interesting. Wonder what ever came of it.

The American hatter. v. 31 (Feb.-July 1902)
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Very interesting story. In 1902 the event was still part of the Country's collective memory. Even more than today. This hat does not show up in any museum collections of Lincoln artifacts, and there are many. My thoughts are that it has been passed down through the family who purchased it over the years. I can't imagine that it has been totally lost, but it may be in an attic, forgotten by the current generation. Sounds like a great story for the History Detectives on PBS!

 

[Tonio]

This appears to corroborate the description of the Booth hat. An eyewitness account of Joseph H. Hazleton (1853-1936), stage and film Actor, appearing in 30 films between 1912 and 1922. As a boy, he gave out programs to attendees at Ford's Theatre.

Accounts of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Published 1909

This is probably more of an accurate representation compared to most of the images you'll see online of him with a suit and tie on.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

This hat does not show up in any museum collections of Lincoln artifacts, and there are many. My thoughts are that it has been passed down through the family who purchased it over the years.

In my view the two descriptions of the hat Booth was supposedly wearing are not that similar as to properly identify it. Both were written some 40+ yrs after the assassination. It may be that the auction hat was not accepted as being authentic. There certainly was opportunity for Booth to have lost his hat at the Ford Theater, Mary Surratt's boarding house, at the house of Dr. Mudd, or even the Garrett farm. The question would be where was the auction hat recovered from?

 

[RJR]

In my view the two descriptions of the hat Booth was supposedly wearing are not that similar as to properly identify it. Both were written some 40+ yrs after the assassination. It may be that the auction hat was not accepted as being authentic. There certainly was opportunity for Booth to have lost his hat at the Ford Theater, Mary Surratt's boarding house, at the house of Dr. Mudd, or even the Garrett farm. The question would be where was the auction hat recovered from?

+1

 

[hatsRme]

Probably the Hat with the MOST History, "Otzi," the Iceman's bear fur hat is dated to be about 5326 years old. It was found near him in the ice of a European glacier in 1991. More here...



This hat is older than the pyramids!

 

[RJR]

Probably the Hat with the MOST History, "Otzi," the Iceman's bear fur hat is dated to be about 5326 years old. It was found near him in the ice of a European glacier in 1991. More here...

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This hat is older than the pyramids!

Interesting read.

 

[hatsRme]

Interesting read.

I sure thought so, Bob!

Since he was from the same approximate neighborhood, gotta wonder if he's related to our Daniele, @Daniele Tanto, many times removed?!

 

[Bamaboots]

Picked this hat up awhile back from a non-eBay site. Thanks to one of our historians, Carouselvic, I found out the following info on the hats previous owner. Interesting fellow.This is what the hat looked like when i got it.

This is the band and pins that came with the hat. All Sterling silver.

Mr. Wulsin was part of the Ranchero Visitadores. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/rarcheros-visitadores-1951-w-graphics-by-joe-de-yong.62898/

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...28oZxtnLg2b_ULptV0dyTg&bvm=bv.150729734,d.eWE

 

[BobHufford]

Picked this hat up awhile back from a non-eBay site.

Nice crease, ribbon and story Greg. Congrats!