vintage caps

[M Hatman]

Circa 1865....this young man displays his pill box cap..........AND his cat!

 

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[hatsRme]

Phil Silvers, 1951

 

[Blackthorn]

Oh my...

 

[Bamaboots]

"Overseer and two of the doffer boys, Charles Hennessy and John Douglass in Avondale Mills. Noon hour. Overseer said, 'we've got 30 of 'em.'"

"'OUR BABY DOFFER' and some of the other doffers all working in Avondale Mills."

Lewis Hines photographer

 

[Fastuni]

1930's - 1940's German ski-cap in the typical "Baschlik" or mountain-cap style, made from dark brown wool tricot with faux leather trimmings and buckle.

The interior is comfortably quilted. Under the earflaps is still the size label. It is a 57 cm (7 UK, 7 1/8 US) cap.

These were popular back then not only for winter sports, but also for workwear. They go particularly nicely together with brown leather jackets in my opinion.

 

[Fastuni]

Wish it was 3 sizes larger...
Maybe something for you guys?

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/1930-40s-german-brown-peaked-cap-57-cm.97931/

 

[Blackthorn]

I didn't realize zip lines were this old. From 1923:

 

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from Shorpy: January 1941. "Agricultural day laborers cultivating celery near Sarasota, Florida."

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I didn't realize zip lines were this old. From 1923:

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[Blackthorn]

From Shorpy, New York circa 1934.

 

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from Shorpy: January 1941. "Steelworkers of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, waiting for a bus to go home at the end of the afternoon shift."

 

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A soup kitchen during the Depression:

 

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[Hurricane Jack]

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Boy how times have changed.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The first "bag phone". I had a bag phone & I think the rate was $.25/min. My boss told me never call someone & wait on hold.

 

[Blackthorn]

A 50 year reunion of combatants from the battle of Crossbarry of 1921, IRA and British soldiers: