What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[bowlerman]

Not a great pic, and from yesterday, not today... "Porked out" St. Regis.

 

[Aureliano]

The large painting is by my uncle, Nat Ramer. He was born in 1902 and died in the late 1980s... a WPA artist who worked for fifty years from a studio above Max's Kansas City on Park Avenue South (I don't think it's still there). This abstraction was from his early masonite period 8^). The small painting was given to us by a Serbian neighbor when he moved years ago.

The brothers and sisters of my paternal grandmother were quite an interesting group. They emigrated from the Ukraine in 1905. I wish they wore hats... I would share more pictures. One went to Spain with the Abraham Lincoln brigades and died fight with the loyalist forces. The others all lived to ripe old ages. The youngest, my Aunt Sylvia, was very premature for that era and spent the first months of her life in a dresser drawer. She is the only one still living, turned 96 this summer.

Great story, Alan. Looking forwards to seeing more pictures.

 

[alanfgag]

Thank you for the hat notes and interest in my uncle's work. I'll have to share some additional pictures when I visit my Dad at Thanksgiving. he has some really nice canvases. Everyone in the family fights over the figurative paintings from the depression era, but his later abstract work is great.

Awesome hats.

Alan and David-- those blacks are so simply striking.

Jeff, sorry for the poor indoor lighting... this hat is a quite remarkable spruce color.

 

[monbla256]

Thank you for the hat notes and interest in my uncle's work. I'll have to share some additional pictures when I visit my Dad at Thanksgiving. he has some really nice canvases. Everyone in the family fights over the figurative paintings from the depression era, but his later abstract work is great.



Jeff, sorry for the poor indoor lighting... this hat is a quite remarkable spruce color.

Alan,
THAT'S the PERFECT crease!! This one has to be one of the nicest you've picked up !

 

[bowlerman]

My eyes! wow-- it certainly is a remarkable spruce color. Beautiful!

 

[hatophile]

Wow, super hat, Alan. Cool artwork, too. It's nice to have paintings with a connection/story to them.
That spruce Stetson is fab!

Jeff, no taller than usual, still about 5'8". ( Actually the hat is a pretty high crown). Nice porker you got there!

 

[DJH]

Al, Hatto, SBG, B'Man - thanks for the comments on the Black VS guys!

Great hats today folks!

Eric - you have a good memory; this is the hat that Art made with the cool ribbon. Here's a better image:

Now the weather is getting cooler, I'm looking forward to wearing this hat much more often.


Al - love your Optimos, but I especially like the Millard Hirsch - that is a spectacular hat.

Hatto - American Hat Company? That's a serious WAR!

Alan, that Imperial Stetson is a winner - thanks for posting the image to show the true colour.

Bob B - you always look so happy wearing your hats!

Job - by converted I assume you've cut down the brim on the Down Under? I'm not familiar with that model.

B'Man - cool look with your Porked Out St. R!

 

[delectans]

The large painting is by my uncle, Nat Ramer. He was born in 1902 and died in the late 1980s... a WPA artist who worked for fifty years from a studio above Max's Kansas City on Park Avenue South (I don't think it's still there). This abstraction was from his early masonite period 8^). The small painting was given to us by a Serbian neighbor when he moved years ago.

The brothers and sisters of my paternal grandmother were quite an interesting group. They emigrated from the Ukraine in 1905. I wish they wore hats... I would share more pictures. One went to Spain with the Abraham Lincoln brigades and died fight with the loyalist forces. The others all lived to ripe old ages. The youngest, my Aunt Sylvia, was very premature for that era and spent the first months of her life in a dresser drawer. She is the only one still living, turned 96 this summer.

Incredible and intriguing history, Alan. Such an artistically talented family. The apple did not fall far from the tree.

Al-- great trio, love the Silver Belly Optimo and the Millard, but I think the salient one is Optimo's triumphant tungsten-- wow!

Many thanks for your kind words, Jeff. That St. Regis looks splendid!

Al - love your Optimos, but I especially like the Millard Hirsch - that is a spectacular hat.

Thank you for your kind comments!

 

[delectans]

Beautiful, yet somehow curiously haunting pictures. The Henry looks perfect on your apparition.

 

[Earl Needham]

A slightly smaller hat for me today --

This was my dad's hat -- he bought it at Bear Creek Western Store in Montpelier, Louisiana in 1980. Resistol "Rancher".

 

[Rodkins]

Back from Maine and back to to a Stratoliner

 

[Rodkins]

Here are some of my pics form Maine. I took my VS Jazzman.
This is a shop owned by a friend

The lake house

A shot of the lake at sunrise

Antique store topper

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The new bridge in Bucksport

View of Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mountain

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The wind was blowing my brim up on the side

 

[Rodkins]

This was my attempt at being "artsy"

 

[job]

I love your expression on the photo with the brim up.

 

[Cicero]

My friend for today.

 

[Cicero]

Great pictures...especially from the lake & house.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Rodkins; Thanks for sharing. Bar Harbor brings fond memories of a like vacation. This thread is fun to tune into.

Eric -

 

[Aureliano]

I love your expression on the photo with the brim up.

+1! You can feel the wind from your expression. Nice shots, Mike!

 

[Short Balding Guy]

The Imperial Stetson

Alan; You have gotten lots of positive comments with your posting of wearing this hat. I "quote" it again this morning to say +1 and that the saturated spruce green color of that Imperial Stetson is outstanding. The hat is complimented by your staging the pic against the color of the wall and the enjoyable art.

Soothed by the rich spruce green color, Eric -

 

[monbla256]

It's a grey, rainy day and this one needs some more rain time My Mid Grey DM Squatter