Show us their hats!

[BobHufford]

D. W. Griffith (1875 - 1948).

DW Griffith, whose real name is David Wark Griffith (he was signing his works DW Griffith), is an American director, born January 22, 1875 at The Grange Manor in Floydsfork (called Crestwood as early as 1910), Kentucky, and died on July 23, 1948 cerebral hemorrhage in Hollywood, California.

 

[Mighty44]

D. W. Griffith (1875 - 1948).

DW Griffith, whose real name is David Wark Griffith (he was signing his works DW Griffith), is an American director, born January 22, 1875 at The Grange Manor in Floydsfork (called Crestwood as early as 1910), Kentucky, and died on July 23, 1948 cerebral hemorrhage in Hollywood, California.

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Quite a face.

 

[Julian Shellhammer]

D. W. Griffith (1875 - 1948).

DW Griffith, whose real name is David Wark Griffith (he was signing his works DW Griffith), is an American director, born January 22, 1875 at The Grange Manor in Floydsfork (called Crestwood as early as 1910), Kentucky, and died on July 23, 1948 cerebral hemorrhage in Hollywood, California.

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A bit of (semi-apocryphall) trivia: somewhere I read that Griffith wanted to be a poet, and planned to reserve David Wark Griffith when he was published. D. W. Griffith was his choice for the medium of film.

 

[dkstott]

March, 1936- London, Workmen painting and cleaning the roof of Cannon Street Railway Station.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Robert Julius Oppenheimer, US, Nuclear Physicist, (1904-1967),
May be a repeat

White Sands NM's First Superintendent Johnwill Faris (1903 - 1993)

 

[BobHufford]

Calgary Stampede founders Archie McLean (left) and George Lane (center) in 1924 with the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII.

 

[RBH]

Guards at the United States Federal Courthouse at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Hatfields

 

[Zombie_61]

Calgary Stampede founders Archie McLean (left) and George Lane (center) in 1924 with the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII.

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Prince Edward? But he's not in a can.

 

[Bamaboots]

Wrong Prince

 

[LTDAVIS]

Found this on Facebook
"The Year is 1943. These are Hats belonging to Regular Customers who have gone off to War. they are hung, with pride, on the Wall of a Pool Hall Bar in Manhattan, NYC, for "Good Luck" & will be re-claimed by those who return. Those Hats that are not re-claimed will be enshrined in a "Case of Honor".
(Photographer: Arthur Fellig...AKA WeeGee......(1899-1968)"

 

[M Hatman]

Post made me think of this one from my collection.....bears posting again.

7-12-43 CHECK YOUR HATS FOR THE DURATION
A.O. Wetzel, proprietor of an Oak Park Illinois Drug Store, keeps hats nicely labeled, of all his customers who have entered the services, Army, Navy, Marines and even the WAVES............
On the far left helping Wetzel in the picture is Mrs. John L. Davidson Jr. Whose husband is overseas, and Rosemary Tye (center) who has three brothers in uniform.

 

[Mighty44]

Post made me think of this one from my collection.....bears posting again.

7-12-43 CHECK YOUR HATS FOR THE DURATION
A.O. Wetzel, proprietor of an Oak Park Illinois Drug Store, keeps hats nicely labeled, of all his customers who have entered the services, Army, Navy, Marines and even the WAVES............
On the far left helping Wetzel in the picture is Mrs. John L. Davidson Jr. Whose husband is overseas, and Rosemary Tye (center) who has three brothers in uniform.
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That’s an amazing photo and story. And what a great collection of hats! Hope they all made it back.

 

[M Hatman]

That’s an amazing photo and story. And what a great collection of hats! Hope they all made it back.

YES............I ALWAYS wonder when I see these......how many came back.

 

[Who?]

Ah, for the days when men wore real hats

 

[LTDAVIS]

YES............I ALWAYS wonder when I see these......how many came back.

Same for me makes me tear up.

 

[buler]

Great interview with Dave Stewart on youtube from late 2022. Love his hat.

 

[BobHufford]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

 

[BobHufford]

One of Montana's "Copper Kings" Marcus Daly.

 

[BobHufford]

This was posted (on FaceBook) by a local personality/collector. He found this photo at a nearby flea market.