Sam Craig
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Yeah, I think Ford was stretching to connect it to an 1880s cavalry campaign hat, however.
In the published military regulations, what you see is only a reference to the model on display and to the construction, perhaps references to the venting. What is NOT included in the regs is a detail about creasing.
Of course at this late date, who knows why Ford ... or Fonda or some screen writer ... used that term?
But if you notice, John Ford did like fedoras that were pinched in front and rear. Look at the one that John Wayne wears in The Quiet Man ... there are pictures of Ford from that same era wearing that type ... brim down all the way around and crown pinched in front and back .... some of them seem identical coming and going.
Sam
In the published military regulations, what you see is only a reference to the model on display and to the construction, perhaps references to the venting. What is NOT included in the regs is a detail about creasing.
Of course at this late date, who knows why Ford ... or Fonda or some screen writer ... used that term?
But if you notice, John Ford did like fedoras that were pinched in front and rear. Look at the one that John Wayne wears in The Quiet Man ... there are pictures of Ford from that same era wearing that type ... brim down all the way around and crown pinched in front and back .... some of them seem identical coming and going.
Sam