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[Hurricane Jack]

They don’t make tooled leather hat bands like they used to...

Or beaded cuffs.

 

[Zombie_61]

I wonder what that crease looks like from the front?

And the other side. And the back. And from above. And...

 

[BobHufford]

Vote tomorrow my fellow 'Muricans ... if you haven't already.

 

[BobHufford]

VOTE!

 

[BobHufford]

 

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1943

 

[BobHufford]

It ain't over until the wheels come off and someone goes to jail ...

 

[RBH]

Election day at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.
Governor Agapito Naranjo on right and his son Ben Naranjo

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1936
Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

 

[Frunobulax]

It ain't over until the wheels come off and someone goes to jail ...

Pretty bad neighborhood when your car gets stripped before they get you in the Paddy Wagon.

 

[Just A Hat Rack]

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That first pic looks like Bobby Knight is distressed for having to wear a suit.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Election day at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.
Governor Agapito Naranjo on right and his son Ben Naranjo

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1936
Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

Both great hats!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

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Staring off in space, he looks to me like he is getting an inordinate amount of pleasure from a shoeshine. Staged?

Reminds me of Harry Anderson, too.

 

[BobHufford]

Adenauer's Homburg Hat
Konrad Adenauer's "Homburg Hat" (r) is placed in the only hat museum of Germany in Bad Homburg, directly next to former US president Lyndon B. Johnson's (l) hat, photographed on the 28th of April in 1971. In the background the director of the "Homburger Heimat- und Hut Museum" (translates as "local and hat museum of Homburg") Gerd Wallrap. The museum was founded in 1960 and exhibits more than 600 hats. | usage worldwide (Photo by Manfred Rehm/picture alliance via Getty Images)

 

[BobHufford]

They're calling these Stetsons, but I wonder if they are Resistols? Whichever ... I'll take that row of 7-1/2s.

Stetson Hats
Stacks of Stetson hats at the ranch of President Lyndon Johnson, Johnson City, Texas, December 1963.(Photo by Stan Wayman/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

 

[Hurricane Jack]

They're calling these Stetsons, but I wonder if they are Resistols? Whichever ... I'll take that row of 7-1/2s.

Stetson Hats
Stacks of Stetson hats at the ranch of President Lyndon Johnson, Johnson City, Texas, December 1963.(Photo by Stan Wayman/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

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It gets confusing. Supposedly LBJ's favorite was the Resistol Wide Country in 3X. Harry Rolnick made them in different sizes for President Johnson so he could give them away to friends and visitors (a la Ammon Carter). But they were said To be gold stamped on the sweatband "Made Expressly For President Lyndon B. Johnson". In SB only. The satin liner has an outline of the State of Texas and reads: "Johnson City LBJ Ranch". I've never seen one.

There was also a similar hat to the Wide Country but with a 2-3/4 brim, 4-1/2 @ the dip available in both 3X & 5X called (stamped?) the "Lyndon B." I've never seen one of those either.

If anyone has an example of either the Johnson City LBJ Ranch or the Lyndon B, please post it up in the appropriate Resistol threads.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

It gets confusing. Supposedly LBJ's favorite was the Resistol Wide Country in 3X. Harry Rolnick made them in different sizes for President Johnson so he could give them away to friends and visitors (a la Ammon Carter). But they were said To be gold stamped on the sweatband "Made Expressly For President Lyndon B. Johnson". In SB only. The satin liner has an outline of the State of Texas and reads: "Johnson City LBJ Ranch". I've never seen one.

Yep. Not just said to be... dey is. I have one in its original box in my collection.

 

[Frunobulax]

I'm guessing those second numbers aren't centimeters.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Yep. Not just said to be... dey is. I have one in its original box in my collection. View attachment 278753 View attachment 278754

I do recall seeing one posted before & perhaps it was yours? What size? Do you have any knowledge on a Lyndon B?

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

Only that he gave these away, like you said. I don't remember what the size was, but it was smaller than LBJ's actual 7-3/8 hat size. It might have been a 7, but I don't remember and it is currently boxed up and unavailable for a quick check.

 

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Mobsters hide their faces at Al Capone's trial 1931