HATS WITH HISTORY

[Bamaboots]

Nice crease, ribbon and story Greg. Congrats!

Thank you, Bob. That's a hat you turned me onto some time back.

 

[RJR]

Nice crease, ribbon and story Greg. Congrats!

+1

 

[Rogera]

Ok so this picture is not quite to the spirit of the thread but.....

I thought this was a cool picture. These hats are with some serious history. That's a Seattle newspaper from V-E day and that is a WWII Naval cap in the background.

From what I read that LST this lieutenant was on took part in the landings in Italy and Normandy before his assignment and the lieutenant actually served on the ship right at the end of the war in the Pacific during the beginning of the American occupation of Japan.

Good stuff.

That someone would sell this stuff is beyond me but I'm glad they did!

(I guess the cap did maintain the spirit of the thread [emoji16])

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[Hurricane Jack]

From what I read that LST this lieutenant was on took part in the landings in Italy and Normandy before his assignment and the lieutenant actually served on the ship right at the end of the war in the Pacific during the beginning of the American occupation of Japan.

Very interesting, Roger. My dad served on LST 813 in the Pacific theatre. 813 was at Okinawa in preparation for the invasion of mainland Japan when Truman decided to drop the bomb.

Jokingly he always said that LST stood for "long slow target".

 

[Redfokker]

I did an oral history of a 96 year old OSU Emeritus who served on an LST in the Pacific. He sat on the bridge and watched the flag being raised on Iwo Jima. It was an honor to capture this story of a Navy Vet.

 

[Rogera]

Very interesting, Roger. My dad served on LST 813 in the Pacific theatre. 813 was at Okinawa in preparation for the invasion of mainland Japan when Truman decided to drop the bomb.

Jokingly he always said that LST stood for "long slow target".

I did an oral history of a 96 year old OSU Emeritus who served on an LST in the Pacific. He sat on the bridge and watched the flag being raised on Iwo Jima. It was an honor to capture this story of a Navy Vet.

I love stories like this guys. I try to explain to everyone that hats are about so much more than collecting stuff. These are not merely objects but very intimate belongings of a whole different world, a whole different time. Maybe I've romanticized this period a little too much... so be it.

I appreciate being a part of the lounge so that I can be a part of this great preservation of the golden age with so many awesome people!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

This is the flat hat my dad wore as an 18 yr old Navy seaman. I have pictures of him in dress blues with the white hat but his white hat has been lost in time. I have parts of his dress blues & a pair of wool trousers bagged up in the deep freeze for safe keeping from bugs. All that survived of his wool peacoat are a few of the buttons.

I also have his heavy Navy seabag with his name & address stenciled on the side. And several pictures of LST 813.

 

[Rogera]

This is the flat hat my dad wore as an 18 yr old Navy seaman. I have pictures of him in dress blues with the white hat but his white hat has been lost in time. I have parts of his dress blues & a pair of wool trousers bagged up in the deep freeze for safe keeping from bugs. All that survived of his wool peacoat are a few of the buttons.

I also have his heavy Navy seabag with his name & address stenciled on the side. And several pictures of LST 813.

That is awesome!

 

[RJR]

This is the flat hat my dad wore as an 18 yr old Navy seaman. I have pictures of him in dress blues with the white hat but his white hat has been lost in time. I have parts of his dress blues & a pair of wool trousers bagged up in the deep freeze for safe keeping from bugs. All that survived of his wool peacoat are a few of the buttons.

I also have his heavy Navy seabag with his name & address stenciled on the side. And several pictures of LST 813.

Its great that you've been able to secure these important momentos.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Its great that you've been able to secure these important momentos.

The hat has a few moth holes in it.

Boxed up somewhere I have a book on LSTs that was published by the gov't printing office. When he found out about it my dad wanted a copy & I got him one at a gov't bookstore. Most of the LSTs are pictured in the book. When I have some time I'll look for the book to see if there is a pic of LST 377 that Roger references above in his post.

There is quite a bit of info on 377 here:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160377.htm

 

[Redfokker]

The hat has a few moth holes in it.

Boxed up somewhere I have a book on LSTs that was published by the gov't printing office. When he found out about it my dad wanted a copy & I got him one at a gov't bookstore. Most of the LSTs are pictured in the book. When I have some time I'll look for the book to see if there is a pic of LST 377 that Roger references above in his post.

There is quite a bit of info on 377 here:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160377.htm

The above website is the go-to for researching naval vessels. I toured a restored LST(?) here on the west coast a few years ago. It is incredible that these ships put so many miles on the open ocean, must have been an ordeal.

 

[Redfokker]

Not the usual fare of fedoras and homburgs and such, but I rescued a piece of Oregon State University history from the clutches of Ebay. This OSC (Oregon State College at the time) "Sailor Hat" was popular with students of the era. In fact, our first mascot image Benny Beaver wears this hat. We only have one of these in our collections, so I had to get this one. It has a bonus the 11/11/39 score of the Civil War game with the University of Oregon. This game sent OSC to the Pineapple Bowl in Hawaii that year. This is a significant artifact of OSU History. It will be used in a museum exhibit celebrating our Sesquicentennial at the Oregon Historical Society. I am in campus history geek heaven.

 

[RJR]

Not the usual fare of fedoras and homburgs and such, but I rescued a piece of Oregon State University history from the clutches of Ebay. This OSC (Oregon State College at the time) "Sailor Hat" was popular with students of the era. In fact, our first mascot image Benny Beaver wears this hat. We only have one of these in our collections, so I had to get this one. It has a bonus the 11/11/39 score of the Civil War game with the University of Oregon. This game sent OSC to the Pineapple Bowl in Hawaii that year. This is a significant artifact of OSU History. It will be used in a museum exhibit celebrating our Sesquicentennial at the Oregon Historical Society. I am in campus history geek heaven.

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Great find and save,congrats.

 

[Redfokker]

I did some research on the OSC Beaver hat. The original student who owned this hat in 1939 is still alive! His name is Rupert Fixott. He graduated in 1943 and went to war in the Pacific as a Navy Corpsman. He served on Midway and at the hospital at Pearl Harbor. Rupert returned after the war and went back to school at Berkeley to become a dentist. I found him online due to his Masters Swimming records. He broke a number of records at age 95! He lives in the Portland OR area today. This guy is going to be an epic interview for the OSU Sesquicentennial Oral History project.

 

[mayserwegener]

Mike, Great find! Look forward to the interview.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Same flat hat as I posted above. Taken at the completion of basic training after being drafted into the Navy during his senior yr in HS.

Taken 2 yrs later at the age of 20, on Okinawa near the end of the war. The white hat was later lost in time but I have his dress blues.

P

 

[splintercellsz]

1900s/1910s Stetson No.1 Boss of the Plains

The original owners name, number, and address were living behind the sweatband (which was barley attached and crunchy). I located Mr Klump in a 1923 registry for the University of California

 

[hatsRme]

HERE's the one we've all been watching for... Abe Lincoln's top hat!!

At the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL, there's a budget shortfall that may necessitate the sale of some of Abe's personal belongings.

What would you pay for it?!

 

[M Hatman]

Ok, as a bump to this interesting thread, and as this hat did see some history...
I offer this "limited edition" 1984 4X Stetson sold for and worn at the National GOP convention held in Dallas Texas, where President Ronald Regan was nominated for a second term...
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[deadlyhandsome]

Ok, as a bump to this interesting thread, and as this hat did see some history...
I offer this "limited edition" 1984 4X Stetson sold for and worn at the National GOP convention held in Dallas Texas, where President Ronald Regan was nominated for a second term...
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Interesting hat and a great piece of history. I wonder if they still do commemorative hats? I need to start looking planning what hat I want just in case I get nominated.


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