Show us their hats!

[GHT]

There was a time when even the street sweeper took a pride in appearance.
And as for collecting the refuse, only the best would do.

 

[Mighty44]

Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo in Paris, 1939.

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That’s got to be fake, right?

 

[BobHufford]

That’s got to be fake, right?

It appears to be so. I think the hat may be real.

 

[Mighty44]

It appears to be so. I think the hat may be real.

 

[Mighty44]

It appears to be so. I think the hat may be real.

Frida’s husband, Diego Rivera, definitely liked a good hat…

 

[Zombie_61]

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There was a time when even the street sweeper took a pride in appearance.
And as for collecting the refuse, only the best would do.
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Nice! In 1997 it became necessary to have the chimney of our house inspected for safety; this being southern California, the various earthquakes over the years have caused a lot of damage and, in this area, specifically brick chimneys as so many of them collapsed during the "Whittier Narrows" quake in October of 1987. Ours was still standing, but that's not really a guarantee that it's still sound so we made an appointment to have it professionally inspected just to be sure. When the inspector, from a family-owned-and-operated company in the area, arrived he climbed out of the company van wearing a top hat and tails. Well, the jacket, anyway. I told him that I should have made a bet with my friend that he would arrive dressed as he was, and he chuckled and replied, "If you had called our competition, you would have lost because they don't do this."

The chimney is still standing.

That’s got to be fake, right?

Probably. The colorization is definitely after-the-fact.

 

[GHT]

When the inspector, from a family-owned-and-operated company in the area, arrived he climbed out of the company van wearing a top hat and tails. Well, the jacket, anyway. I told him that I should have made a bet with my friend that he would arrive dressed as he was, and he chuckled and replied, "If you had called our competition, you would have lost because they don't do this."

The image that conjurs up!

 

[GHT]

Chimney sweeps supposedly wore top hats, not that I ever saw a sweep in a topper. Problem with unusual/wacky hats, they really need a good caption.

 

[Bamaboots]

Carbon Hill, Alabama ... Millinery Opening ... This advertising card for the opening of the Elite Store in Carbon Hill shows how they can incorporate your hair into a hat ... They are showing the latest fashions from New York, so bring your friends and be the envy of the county ... This card was sent to Miss Siddie Sellers, an early
teacher at Dora ... Circa 1908 ...

 

[hambone71]

Carbon Hill, Alabama ... Millinery Opening ... This advertising card for the opening of the Elite Store in Carbon Hill shows how they can incorporate your hair into a hat ... They are showing the latest fashions from New York, so bring your friends and be the envy of the county ... This card was sent to Miss Siddie Sellers, an early
teacher at Dora ... Circa 1908 ...

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That’s very close to my neck o’ the woods. I don’t live there but it’s just 30 miles down the road. Not much in Carbon Hill unless you have a penchant for ingesting locally manufactured chemicals of the methamphetamine variety.

 

[Bamaboots]

Not much in Carbon Hill

Could be an understatement.

 

[BobHufford]

Albert Einstein, Santa Barbara, California, 1933.

 

[hatophile]

Albert Einstein, Santa Barbara, California, 1933.

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Einstein was a surfer: The late, great Jimmy Buffett

 

[Bamaboots]

Also known as “Old Rufe,” Cicero Rufus Perry was born in Alabama in 1822. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Texas, where he would later go on to become a famed Texas Ranger. As history goes, Perry played a role in the siege of Bexar. Following that, he served for three months in 1836 under Captain William W. Hill as a volunteer soldier, which led him to be involved in a battle at Yegua Creek with a Native American tribe. Over the span of his career as both a soldier and a Texas Ranger (a multitude of decades), Perry was known to have received 20 wounds, some quite serious, from arrows to gunshots, and he survived them all.
Perry’s career led him to the direction of John H. Moore, and in early 1839, he is noted as having suffered his first wound. Two years later, while in the service of Thomas Green and Samuel Highsmith, he also performed scouting for Mark B. Lewis and Edward Burleson. He had a part in the Somervell Expedition and by 1844, had joined the famous John Coffee Hays’ Texas Ranger company. As a part of this division, he was involved in a number of skirmishes with Native Americans, most notably the Battle of Walker’s Creek.
In August of that year, during a fight on the Nueces River with a group of Comanches, Perry received three severe wounds. Perry and his counterpart, Christopher Acklin, were left for dead. Although his wounds were severe, he walked from Uvalde all the way to San Antonio, 120 miles. He was left unarmed and made the entire trek without water or food.
By 1873, Perry was still actively involved as a Texas Ranger, and he took part in the Battle of Deer Creek, where he was recognized as coming to the aid of a group under the direction of Dan W. Roberts. The year following, Perry was promoted to the role of captain in the Frontier Battalion, for Company D. Here, Roberts then served as Perry’s first lieutenant, and then as his successor.
Perry passed away in 1898 in Johnson City, in the Texas Hill Country. He was well-liked by his counterparts, of which John Holland Jenkins was one. When asked about Perry, he described him as “a tall, muscular, perfect specimen of the strong and brave in young manhood,” noting his black hair and “dark eyes, bright with the fires of intelligence and enthusiasm.” Over the course of his career as both a volunteer soldier and with the Texas Rangers, he sustained 20 wounds by lance, arrow, and bullet. All of them he survived. All of them went down in history as part of Perry’s legacy in the Lone Star State as a Texas Ranger.

 

[Woodtroll]

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Also known as “Old Rufe,” Cicero Rufus Perry was born in Alabama in 1822. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Texas, where he would later go on to become a famed Texas Ranger. As history goes, Perry played a role in the siege of Bexar. Following that, he served for three months in 1836 under Captain William W. Hill as a volunteer soldier, which led him to be involved in a battle at Yegua Creek with a Native American tribe. Over the span of his career as both a soldier and a Texas Ranger (a multitude of decades), Perry was known to have received 20 wounds, some quite serious, from arrows to gunshots, and he survived them all.
Perry’s career led him to the direction of John H. Moore, and in early 1839, he is noted as having suffered his first wound. Two years later, while in the service of Thomas Green and Samuel Highsmith, he also performed scouting for Mark B. Lewis and Edward Burleson. He had a part in the Somervell Expedition and by 1844, had joined the famous John Coffee Hays’ Texas Ranger company. As a part of this division, he was involved in a number of skirmishes with Native Americans, most notably the Battle of Walker’s Creek.
In August of that year, during a fight on the Nueces River with a group of Comanches, Perry received three severe wounds. Perry and his counterpart, Christopher Acklin, were left for dead. Although his wounds were severe, he walked from Uvalde all the way to San Antonio, 120 miles. He was left unarmed and made the entire trek without water or food.
By 1873, Perry was still actively involved as a Texas Ranger, and he took part in the Battle of Deer Creek, where he was recognized as coming to the aid of a group under the direction of Dan W. Roberts. The year following, Perry was promoted to the role of captain in the Frontier Battalion, for Company D. Here, Roberts then served as Perry’s first lieutenant, and then as his successor.
Perry passed away in 1898 in Johnson City, in the Texas Hill Country. He was well-liked by his counterparts, of which John Holland Jenkins was one. When asked about Perry, he described him as “a tall, muscular, perfect specimen of the strong and brave in young manhood,” noting his black hair and “dark eyes, bright with the fires of intelligence and enthusiasm.” Over the course of his career as both a volunteer soldier and with the Texas Rangers, he sustained 20 wounds by lance, arrow, and bullet. All of them he survived. All of them went down in history as part of Perry’s legacy in the Lone Star State as a Texas Ranger.
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He was one tough character!

 

[Mighty44]

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Also known as “Old Rufe,” Cicero Rufus Perry was born in Alabama in 1822. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Texas, where he would later go on to become a famed Texas Ranger. As history goes, Perry played a role in the siege of Bexar. Following that, he served for three months in 1836 under Captain William W. Hill as a volunteer soldier, which led him to be involved in a battle at Yegua Creek with a Native American tribe. Over the span of his career as both a soldier and a Texas Ranger (a multitude of decades), Perry was known to have received 20 wounds, some quite serious, from arrows to gunshots, and he survived them all.
Perry’s career led him to the direction of John H. Moore, and in early 1839, he is noted as having suffered his first wound. Two years later, while in the service of Thomas Green and Samuel Highsmith, he also performed scouting for Mark B. Lewis and Edward Burleson. He had a part in the Somervell Expedition and by 1844, had joined the famous John Coffee Hays’ Texas Ranger company. As a part of this division, he was involved in a number of skirmishes with Native Americans, most notably the Battle of Walker’s Creek.
In August of that year, during a fight on the Nueces River with a group of Comanches, Perry received three severe wounds. Perry and his counterpart, Christopher Acklin, were left for dead. Although his wounds were severe, he walked from Uvalde all the way to San Antonio, 120 miles. He was left unarmed and made the entire trek without water or food.
By 1873, Perry was still actively involved as a Texas Ranger, and he took part in the Battle of Deer Creek, where he was recognized as coming to the aid of a group under the direction of Dan W. Roberts. The year following, Perry was promoted to the role of captain in the Frontier Battalion, for Company D. Here, Roberts then served as Perry’s first lieutenant, and then as his successor.
Perry passed away in 1898 in Johnson City, in the Texas Hill Country. He was well-liked by his counterparts, of which John Holland Jenkins was one. When asked about Perry, he described him as “a tall, muscular, perfect specimen of the strong and brave in young manhood,” noting his black hair and “dark eyes, bright with the fires of intelligence and enthusiasm.” Over the course of his career as both a volunteer soldier and with the Texas Rangers, he sustained 20 wounds by lance, arrow, and bullet. All of them he survived. All of them went down in history as part of Perry’s legacy in the Lone Star State as a Texas Ranger.
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Looks like his hat took a beating, as well.

 

[Yamahana]

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Also known as “Old Rufe,” Cicero Rufus Perry was born in Alabama in 1822. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Texas, where he would later go on to become a famed Texas Ranger. As history goes, Perry played a role in the siege of Bexar. Following that, he served for three months in 1836 under Captain William W. Hill as a volunteer soldier, which led him to be involved in a battle at Yegua Creek with a Native American tribe. Over the span of his career as both a soldier and a Texas Ranger (a multitude of decades), Perry was known to have received 20 wounds, some quite serious, from arrows to gunshots, and he survived them all.
Perry’s career led him to the direction of John H. Moore, and in early 1839, he is noted as having suffered his first wound. Two years later, while in the service of Thomas Green and Samuel Highsmith, he also performed scouting for Mark B. Lewis and Edward Burleson. He had a part in the Somervell Expedition and by 1844, had joined the famous John Coffee Hays’ Texas Ranger company. As a part of this division, he was involved in a number of skirmishes with Native Americans, most notably the Battle of Walker’s Creek.
In August of that year, during a fight on the Nueces River with a group of Comanches, Perry received three severe wounds. Perry and his counterpart, Christopher Acklin, were left for dead. Although his wounds were severe, he walked from Uvalde all the way to San Antonio, 120 miles. He was left unarmed and made the entire trek without water or food.
By 1873, Perry was still actively involved as a Texas Ranger, and he took part in the Battle of Deer Creek, where he was recognized as coming to the aid of a group under the direction of Dan W. Roberts. The year following, Perry was promoted to the role of captain in the Frontier Battalion, for Company D. Here, Roberts then served as Perry’s first lieutenant, and then as his successor.
Perry passed away in 1898 in Johnson City, in the Texas Hill Country. He was well-liked by his counterparts, of which John Holland Jenkins was one. When asked about Perry, he described him as “a tall, muscular, perfect specimen of the strong and brave in young manhood,” noting his black hair and “dark eyes, bright with the fires of intelligence and enthusiasm.” Over the course of his career as both a volunteer soldier and with the Texas Rangers, he sustained 20 wounds by lance, arrow, and bullet. All of them he survived. All of them went down in history as part of Perry’s legacy in the Lone Star State as a Texas Ranger.

Great read there Bama! The likes of manly men like this have become fewer and fewer with each generation. I'll bet he's not sporting a "man bun" under that hat.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The likes of manly men like this have become fewer and fewer with each generation.

This Nov will mark the 120th anniversary of the hanging of Tom Horn. Been to all the sites, his grave & been thinking about that a lot lately.


“Well he looked up from his whiskey
Said this country’s a changin’ my friend
It ain’t ever gonna be the way it was
Those wild times won’t come back again”

 

[GHT]

Prince William sporting an Akubra, he certainly wears it well. But for serious class his missus, Kate, does The Fedora brilliantly.

 

[BobHufford]

Walt Disney.