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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

RickP

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Heading out this morning under the new Three Forks

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RickP

Practically Family
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Borsalino " Peluche" . I tried my best to capture the glow this hat has in the sunshine but the pictures really don't do it justice. TGIF y'all !!

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I need a wider brim hairy hat! both of mine are short brims. Maybe I could find one of the longhair westerns and convert it to a fedora. I just love the texture of those! I want something long enough to comb in the morning! lol
 

RickP

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Fun hat note... garbage truck came this morning and evidently someone was getting rid of old newspapers. One of my coffee buddies down the street found part of a Jan 26 1954 Houston Chronicle paper in his yard. Had lots of post Christmas advertisements. One ad was announcing a Hat Clearance sale at the Battlesteins Dept Store ( Competitor to Sakowitz and Neiman-Marcus back in the day). Wish I had a time machine so I could go see what a $40 looked like in 1954 lol

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DonR

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Fun hat note... garbage truck came this morning and evidently someone was getting rid of old newspapers. One of my coffee buddies down the street found part of a Jan 26 1954 Houston Chronicle paper in his yard. Had lots of post Christmas advertisements. One ad was announcing a Hat Clearance sale at the Battlesteins Dept Store ( Competitor to Sakowitz and Neiman-Marcus back in the day). Wish I had a time machine so I could go see what a $40 looked like in 1954 lol

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Here is an example $40 hat from around 1951 - 1953. A OPS era Dobbs Forty: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/post-new-hats-here.28145/page-2688#post-3072244
 
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S. & J. Fraenkel Wien "Extra Qualität" possibly later 1930s. This is a fantastic Stone Gray Soleil Velour with high gloss and made for the Belgium market. I found this Velour back in 2015.

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Fraenkel Wien, Celluloid Advert Card by Prager & Lojda Berlin S.W., 9 cm x 6 cm, possibly 1920s. Found this back in 2019.

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Fabulous hat,Steve. One of those once in a decade finds!
 

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