The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[hatophile]

Are you looking at the girl, the six shooter or the car behind?

Pretty much all three. That's one of the few occasions the hat takes last place.

 

[RJR]

Amen!

 

[buler]

Where is that eye popping emoticon....

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Hats? Kind of scary.

 

[beetleything]

Very nice --- Brantford Ontario - been there ....now all we need is a time machine!

 

[buler]

Anyone need a flatcap....

 

[RJR]

Wow,flatcap overchoice!

 

[buler]

What's in all of those hatboxes.... (I'll take that Stetson sign too)

 

[Ginseng]

From Stetson hat to hospital slippers. Circa 1919.

B

The scene in that photograph is stunning. It makes me wonder what the expected lifetime of a hat was back then. Were they worn so frequently that they were considered consumable in the sense of socks or umbrellas? Were they considered primarily utilitarian, a stylistic requisite? Surely they didn't revere their hats as we do today?

 

[tropicalbob]

They were both utilitarian and stylistic, depending on the man, but generally people took much better care of their things back then. The idea was to show the world that you were doing okay, even if times were tough.

 

[RBH]

Emiliano Zapata

 

[hatsRme]

The man has brim.

 

[RJR]

Joao will be after that one .

 

[RBH]

1940s California Central Valley.

 

[g.durand]

I wouldn't mind having any one of those hats....or all of 'em.

 

[RJR]

+1,gd.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Joao will be after that one .

Way to big for today use

 

[hatophile]

I wouldn't mind having any one of those hats....or all of 'em.

Nice guitara too!

 

[carouselvic]

H.S. Kaune and Company grocery store, San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Date: circa 1895-1900?
From the Santa Fe New Mexican collection, Negative Number HP.2014.14.1663

 

[RJR]

Quite a mix of hats.