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Michael A

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Okay, I need this hat.
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Mann mit Hut von Madaus und Tiebut, 1934
 
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Wow! I kept looking for chin straps. Must've had them pulled down tight on their heads.
Not sure where this was taken. It might be Pioneer Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, CO where the dead would have to be carried up in the wintertime or stored until Spring. That's why the old timers always said Doc Holliday isn't buried where they have marked today for tourists.
 
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It's an interesting photo, but something about it suggests to me that it's more modern that it appears to be (i.e. more "screengrab" than "photo") and that the men are possibly actors or reenactors.

Of course, that's just my opinion; I could be wrong. :)
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That “something”, my Zombie friend might be that the men are
moving and the angle of photo is not typical of photography of
old which required long exposure either sitting or standing and
at
times props or sticks with neck braces were used to hold the
subject steady for the slow lenses of the time.
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There’s a thread somewhere in the Fedora regarding “Hats & funerals”.
It’s interesting about the pros and cons with the wearing of hats at funerals.

 
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My favorite of the ”Our Gang” characters was the kid with the perennial smile & a plethora of freckles, Mickey Daniels.
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Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins, one of the few to make the transition from silent to sound.
He was in the very first film series which began in 1922. If you look closely at his early
silent shorts, there are times when he is not acting but actually crying real tears.
 
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