The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[The Wiser Hatter]

San Francisco Social Security Office, 1938 by Dorothea Lange

 

[alanfgag]

The newly released NYC Dept. of Records photos are going to be a treasure trove... this one (which I caught in a UK Daily Mail story), made me think of Aureliano and his windswept Trionfo that blew off on the Brooklyn Bridge (if I remember the story correctly).

 

[alanfgag]

Brown ballplayers + 2 big bowlers.

 

[Joshbru3]

Brown ballplayers + 2 big bowlers.

Those have to be the biggest bowlers I have ever seen. I know that people used to wear hats higher on their heads...but even still.....those things are HUGE! They must be the 6 1/4 inch crowns that I've read about in vintage advertisements. Its interesting that the brims are wider as well. They have great crown shapes though.

 

[zetwal]

Wonderful string of posts, gentlemen ... :yo:

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Vivian Maier A great street photographer.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Ballantine's in a Flat-Top can, too. Awesome!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Vivian Maier

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Saul Leiter: “I spent a great deal of my life being ignored"

 

[Hoyt Clagwell]

Nice hats and even a red International pickup. Gotta love that one!

 

[hatophile]

I love that African-American gentleman's tie, the hat's great too!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

A man fishing in the waters of the St. Martin Canal Paris.

 

[RobStC]

Thanks for posting this one - I'd recognise that stretch of the canal anywhere. Brought back some very happy memories of trips to Paris (and of the bakery a block or so from there which sells the most amazing patisserie! )

 

[rlk]

John Wayne 1933

Warner Baxter c. mid-30's

 

[EggHead]

While searching for a particular hatter, I found a wealth of articles and pictures from newspapers or magazines, too many to list here, so here is the url:
http://books.google.com/books?id=U_...=onepage&q=burkhardt's cincinnati hat&f=false

It appears these are from 1922 (didn't have time to investigate at a late hour).
One article said, hat manufacturers are worried that caps are taking over a bigger percentage among both young and the old!

Hope for some of you this is new and you find it interesting.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Keith Richards 2010 by Richard Dumas

 

[scottyrocks]

That's an interesting photo. I can tell because I keep going to back to it for another look.

 

[zetwal]

Keith Richards 2010 by Richard Dumas

Very nice ... :yo:

 

[Hoyt Clagwell]

Now how did I know that was Keith, even before I scrolled down far enough to read the post?