The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[hatophile]

Manchester, North Carolina, 1941.

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"IF you have to spit on the floor, go home to do it"--- Great sign

 

[buler]

John Cavanagh arrives at the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles, 1935.

 

[buler]

G. Henry Stetson in his Woodland Hills home, 1964. Wearing a western Stetson priced at $250. That's what the caption says. You can see one of those Stetson paperweights on his table.

 

[buler]

Very nice looking light colored derby.

 

[Mighty44]

Actor J. Scott Smart. Knox 20?

 

[buler]

Andy Gump cartoonist, Sydney Smith, 1934. With a Knox hat.

 

[BobHufford]

Claiborne County, Tennessee.

 

[Mighty44]

I've been reading David Halberstram's The Fifties, published in the 1980s--which is somehow 40 years ago (!!!) but is a still a really interesting general history of the decade, everything from the Korean War to Joe McCarthy, I Love Lucy, the rise of McDonalds and Holiday Inn, and the H-bomb. I've been having to do some googling to keep up with the names and characters and yesterday was looking up Senator Estes Kefauver, described in The Fifties basically as the first politician to make effective use of television and to show the potential to win the attention of voters. So, I wondered, what did this guy look like? Here you go, sporting a Whippet style hat in the first two and something like a Playboy on the bottom left alongside a couple of other hatted pals.

Cheers,

David

 

[BobHufford]

Bill and Joe James, riding a single cylinder Monarch motorcycle, 1912.

 

[Rmccamey]

Bowlers and bikes! What a cool picture.

Bill and Joe James, riding a single cylinder Monarch motorcycle, 1912.

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[BobHufford]

After the felling of “Mark Twain” — a 16-foot diameter Sequoia that took 13 days to saw through in 1891.

 

[RBH]

Frank Raulerson, center, is seen on Cow Creek Ranch Fort Pierce Florida, with his bookkeeper, O.G. Nanney, left, and foreman John Norman, right.
ALFRED NORMAN COLLECTION

 

[hatophile]

Frank Raulerson, center, is seen on Cow Creek Ranch Fort Pierce Florida, with his bookkeeper, O.G. Nanney, left, and foreman John Norman, right.
ALFRED NORMAN COLLECTION

My parents are Fort Pierce natives, knew that family well, as well as the Adams from Adams Ranch.

 

[RBH]

My parents are Fort Pierce natives, knew that family well, as well as the Adams from Adams Ranch.

Perry, that is really cool. There are not many times we have postings where connections like this are made!!

 

[hatophile]

Perry, that is really cool. There are not many times we have postings where connections like this are made!!

Thanks RBH. "Bud" Adams the patriarch of Adams ranch who died about 5 years ago was a great photographer. He has several books of photos including Florida wildlife, backwoods scenery and cowboys at work- A different view of Florida than beaches and Disney world.

 

[hatsRme]

Perry, that is really cool. There are not many times we have postings where connections like this are made!!

I had the same thought, Rusty, and @hatophile . VERY cool!
As has been said, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it!"

 

[carouselvic]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The Tortola Tamale Cafe, San Francisco, 1930’s

 

[Bamaboots]

The Tortola Tamale Cafe, San Francisco, 1930’s

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Great signage.

 

[Frunobulax]

Hot tequila?