Show us their hats!

[RBH]

Why do they have you fenced off from the general public?

Danger to society?

I wish this would happen again. I'm close enough to travel to Covington. Did you all bring twenty hats with you?

If you have to ask............


Personally I would like being fenced off, to protect me from the nasty public..............

Yall guys are something else!!!!
Yep at that time you had to go through a security check before going onto Beal Street [it is Memphis]
I had my trusty Swiss Army knife with me but the officer said I looked honest ! So she told me to put it under my hat when I went throught the check point!

 

[GHT]

Marion Robert Morrison, born on May 26th 1907, he was never going to be a star with a name like that so he changed it to John Wayne but he's also well known by his nickname, The Duke.

 

[Rmccamey]

Amarillo Texas, 1892.

 

[GHT]

https://therake.com/stories/style/the-wardrobe-winston-churchill/

 

[M Hatman]

Written on the back "the Sporty Five". No date....
Two are taking a nip from a flask, one is pouring another a drink from a flask and the fifth is pouring from a bottle!!!!

 

[M Hatman]

And then there are these two Dandies......

The one on the left is especially well heeled!!!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

And then there are these two Dandies...... View attachment 521758

The one on the left is especially well heeled!!!
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Love the double breasted coat & collar on the right.

 

[itsallgood]

Harrison Ford dons his fedora once again.

 

[GHT]

Legend has it that JFK single-handedly killed the hat industry by being the first President not to wear a hat to his inauguration. Whilst JFK did wear a hat en route to the ceremony, he removed it before addressing the crowd, prompting the myth, that in the years following, he was the cause of the decline of hat wearing.

 

[GHT]

The newspapers have gone, so have the hats, nowadays everyone will have their face in their smart phone.

 

[Zombie_61]

Legend has it that JFK single-handedly killed the hat industry by being the first President not to wear a hat to his inauguration. Whilst JFK did wear a hat en route to the ceremony, he removed it before addressing the crowd, prompting the myth, that in the years following, he was the cause of the decline of hat wearing.

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He may have influenced a small percentage of hat wearers, but most "authorities" cite the advent of the automobile did far more to create the decline in hat wearing than JFK. I agree with them, but then, when Mr. Kennedy was President of the United States I was far too young to understand any influence he and Mrs. Kennedy may have had on the world of fashion...or anything else, for that matter.

 

[Who?]

Some have portrayed it as part of a general social decline, and the accompanying reduction of standards for appearance in public.

 

[shopkin]

I remember when JFK was elected. Hats were already in a steep decline. By that time, hats had become old fashioned and JFK represented the new generation. Where we lived, the only men still wearing hats were farmers and ranchers. JFK was also all about appearance and having a bad hair day because of a hat would have been a disaster.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Oliver Milton Lee (1865 - 1941)

NM rancher, deputy US Marshall, & along with two other ranchers were defendants in the Lincoln county NM Range War disappearance & murder of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain & his 8 yr old son. Their remains were never found. Lee & the other two ranchers were arrested by Sheriff Pat Garrett after a shootout that resulted in the death of Deputy Sheriff Kurt Kearney. Lee & the other two defendants were acquitted at trial. Lee would later serve in the New Mexico Senate.

Today the state of New Mexico has a memorial state park named after Oliver M. Lee. A mural of Lee at the dedication.

 

[Rmccamey]

As it turns out, I drove through Lincoln, NM today! A great little historical stop.

Oliver Milton Lee (1865 - 1941)

NM rancher, deputy US Marshall, & along with two other ranchers were defendants in the Lincoln county NM Range War disappearance & murder of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain & his 8 yr old son. Their remains were never found. Lee & the other two ranchers were arrested by Sheriff Pat Garrett after a shootout that resulted in the death of Deputy Sheriff Kurt Kearney. Lee & the other two defendants were acquitted at trial. Lee would later serve in the New Mexico Senate.

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Today the state of New Mexico has a memorial state park named after Oliver M. Lee. A mural of Lee at the dedication.

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[Gary in NC]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Frederick Wadsworth Loring (1848-1871)

American journalist, novelist & poet. While working as a correspondent for Appleton’s Journal, Loring was sent on the US Army Corps of Engineers cartographic expedition of Arizona led by Lt George M. Wheeler, in the Spring of 1871. The Wheeler Expedition had a rough go of it but Loring managed to file four columns for Appleton’s Journal. In August Loring would file what was to be his fourth & final column titled "The Valley of Death” from Death Valley.

On Nov 5 the expedition was attacked by a group of Yavapai Indians near Wickenburg in route to La Paz. The expedition was traveling in a dry wash & the Yavapai attacked from high ground. At the time of the attack Loring was riding on the top of the stagecoach in the open. The driver, Loring, & four other passengers riding in the coach were killed. Two passengers managed to jump from the coach on the opposite side from the firing & escape. There were 24 bullet holes in the side of the coach. The attack became known as the Wickenburg Massacre.

The pic of Loring was taken that morning only hrs before his death. Picture & hat are in the possession of the Loring family descendants. The hat is said to have four bullet holes thru it.

 

[Mighty44]

Frederick Wadsworth Loring (1848-1871)

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American journalist, novelist & poet. While working as a correspondent for Appleton’s Journal, Loring was sent on the US Army Corps of Engineers cartographic expedition of Arizona led by Lt George M. Wheeler, in the Spring of 1871. The Wheeler Expedition had a rough go of it but Loring managed to file four columns for Appleton’s Journal. In August Loring would file what was to be his fourth & final column titled "The Valley of Death” from Death Valley.

On Nov 5 the expedition was attacked by a group of Yavapai Indians near Wickenburg in route to La Paz. The expedition was traveling in a dry wash & the Yavapai attacked from high ground. At the time of the attack Loring was riding on the top of the stagecoach in the open. The driver, Loring, & four other passengers riding in the coach were killed. Two passengers managed to jump from the coach on the opposite side from the firing & escape. There were 24 bullet holes in the side of the coach. The attack became known as the Wickenburg Massacre.

The pic of Loring was taken that morning only hrs before his death. Picture & hat are in the possession of the Loring family descendants. The hat is said to have four bullet holes thru it.

Interesting story!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Interesting story!

Only 22 yrs old at the time of his death.

 

[Rmccamey]

1925, Luling, TX