Free Hat Book! -- 'Hats of the Century' Online

[Lefty]

I know that I've been raving about it, but there really aren't many hat books to discuss aside from Debbie Henderson's Hat Talk. After reading it, I checked her pretty extensive bibliography to see which, if any, of her sources might be worth checking out further.

One in particular caught my attention. A Century of Hats and the Hats of the Century, a short work by and about Mallory, was one of her frequently cited sources, though its 1923 copyright made me believe that I'd never be able to find it. Sure enough, there's no way to get it from Amazon, Alibris, eBay, or any of the other usual suspects.

Then, viola! The entire book can be read on the web.

Enjoy!

 

[bolthead]

Coolbeans.....:eusa_clap

 

[RBH]

SWEET!!!

 

[Lefty]

This, the hat museum, and gathering all of the photos for the Ships thread are the result of the Great Lounge Crash. Had I been posting here, I never would have found them. Maybe the Lounge should close once a week to force me to get a little fresh air.

 

[AlanC]

I'm putting this as a sticky temporarily in hopes of bringing attention to it. I have also added a direct link to the book to the Important Links thread. I'll release this from being stickied after awhile, but the direct link will remain.

 

[byronic]

thanks for this Lefty- that's my bedtime reading sorted for the next week or so.:eusa_clap

 

[johnnyphi]

Good call

I'm putting this as a sticky temporarily in hopes of bringing attention to it. I have also added a direct link to the book to the Important Links thread. I'll release this from being stickied after awhile, but the direct link will remain.

Very cool... and I love the large print!

 

[rrog]

There's a link on the left for people to request reprints of the book. Just requesting does not guarantee that they will, but if enough interest in a reprint is shown (determined by the number of requests), they will eventually reprint it. Maybe this is something the Lounge could help out with.


Rick

 

[rrog]

Well, maybe not. I just tried to submit a request and it kept giving me the "The Website Cannot Display the Page" error message! I'll try again later.

Rick

 

[rrog]

Oh he's in there. But he's in disguise.



Rick

 

[Schnottus]

Of all the libraries here why was it in the library of agriculture? (I'm at UW Madison)

 

[Shel]

Hats of the Century

Very nice. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Awesome... i'm looking it over right now

 

[chanteuseCarey]

who is the author please??

I have a book called "The Century of Hats, Headturning Style of the Twentieth Century" by Susie Hopkins. It has ladies and men's hats by decade. Is this the same book? I gotta go check the links page..

 

[Panama Hat Man]

Thank you!

I have been looking for as many online resources about hats as possible and this is an excellent link!

 

[barrowjh]

Price of Beaver

The book mentions that the price of beaver fur was $45 a pound in 1923 (pgs 12-13). The price of gold was just $21.32 average for 1923, so a pound of beaver fur was worth 2 ounces of gold in 1923! Today that would be about $1,800 to the pound of beaver, but I think todays price is probably about $200 per Kilo of beaver fur; quite a bargain in relative terms.

 

[Mario]

For all those who want to get their hands dirty: Did you look up these as well?

1. How To Make And Trim Your Own Hats (1944)

2. How To Make Hats - A Method Of Self-Instruction Using Job Sheets - Fully Illustrated (1931)

3. Make Your Own Hats (1921)

4. Straw Hats - Their History And Manufacture (1922)

 

[Felt and Straw]

Nice, nice, nice

 

[Kreissaege]

I know that I've been raving about it, but there really aren't many hat books to discuss aside from Debbie Henderson's Hat Talk. After reading it, I checked her pretty extensive bibliography to see which, if any, of her sources might be worth checking out further.

One in particular caught my attention. A Century of Hats and the Hats of the Century, a short work by and about Mallory, was one of her frequently cited sources, though its 1923 copyright made me believe that I'd never be able to find it. Sure enough, there's no way to get it from Amazon, Alibris, eBay, or any of the other usual suspects.

Then, viola! The entire book can be read on the web.

Enjoy!

Thats all I get :

"Error while searching in Human Ecology

You must specify the Issue ID of the desired page."

 

[Mario]

Take a look here.