The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[carouselvic]

Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940's / 1950's

 

[Rmccamey]

Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940's / 1950's

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You can tell those guys worked hard in those old hats. Wonky brims didn't seem to be in their vocabulary. I say, Cheers to our fathers and grandfathers!

 

[BobHufford]

Portland, Oregon. 1935.

 

[Mighty44]

Portland, Oregon. 1935.

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Classic. Second from the right is a good time Charley.

 

[carouselvic]

The finishing room at the Hatton hat factory, Atherstone, England 1920

 

[BobHufford]

The shortest, tallest and fattest man in Europe playing a game of cards - 1913. Colorized.

 

[BobHufford]

Customers eating herring in the traditional Dutch way. Netherlands, Rotterdam, 1937.

 

[Bamaboots]

Two sisters, Florence Friermuth and Susie Friermuth Doffing, arrested for moonshining during the Prohibition. Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. 1921.

 

[BobHufford]

Hanging out downtown with the bird of prey. Chadwick, Missouri. 1910.

 

[Rmccamey]

Rare to see what looks to be a not-black bowler.

Hanging out downtown with the bird of prey. Chadwick, Missouri. 1910.

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[BobHufford]

Rare to see what looks to be a not-black bowler.

The Douglas siblings in Christian County Missouri are sporting a variety of shades.

 

[BobHufford]

Happy Memorial Day in the USA

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Happy Memorial Day in the USA

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Some great hats in the last two pics. Remembering those that came before us I’m reminded of a great quote (had to find it):

“All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream. — “Study Out the Land” an essay by Thomas King Whipple

Happy Memorial Day!

 

[BobHufford]

 

[BobHufford]

Washington State Penitentiary guards with Warden Edmiston (presumably front and center), ca 1889.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Washington State Penitentiary guards with Warden Edmiston (presumably front and center), ca 1889.

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Great pic! Back row right is a doppelgänger for Michael R. @Michael R.

Now I have this ear worm playing in my head from the Eagles, Life In The Fast Lane:

He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude

 

[Rmccamey]

Featuring a much younger Sam Elliott on the far right.

Washington State Penitentiary guards with Warden Edmiston (presumably front and center), ca 1889.

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[BobHufford]

Peoria, Illinois courthouse square in 1938.

 

[Mighty44]

Peoria, Illinois courthouse square in 1938.

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That’s about how I’m feeling, Bob—thanks!

 

[hatophile]

Washington State Penitentiary guards with Warden Edmiston (presumably front and center), ca 1889.

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Nice looking repeating rifles there.