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Hats of Old New York

moontheloon

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Any idea what street that is in the last photo?

Nassau St., looking south from Fulton, 1926

here are a couple more cool pics

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moontheloon

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Looks like someone is standing on a ledge above them sweeping some debris


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jmclfrsh

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This is a great thread. And since it is before Post-It Notes, those certainly were pins through the brims to hold their name tag on.

Just think how we would react today if someone were to push a tack or a pin through the brim of one of our hats... People would come unglued!

Goes to show that hats were an expendable commodity in those days. Just think how many hats a guy could have gone through in his lifetime.... so no wonder most are gone as was already noted.

Again, great thread. I wish people still wore hats as often as they did then. Did they shoot people for hat thievery like they did horse thievery? [huh]
 

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This is a great thread. And since it is before Post-It Notes, those certainly were pins through the brims to hold their name tag on.

Just think how we would react today if someone were to push a tack or a pin through the brim of one of our hats... People would come unglued!

Goes to show that hats were an expendable commodity in those days. Just think how many hats a guy could have gone through in his lifetime.... so no wonder most are gone as was already noted.

Again, great thread. I wish people still wore hats as often as they did then. Did they shoot people for hat thievery like they did horse thievery? [huh]

1943_pool_room.jpg

I seriously doubt these were hats worn by that day's patrons. They are tacked/nailed both on the top and bottom. The top row is nearly to the ceiling, making retrieval difficult without a ladder. And these are not summer hats, so where are the coats? A man would keep his hat with his coat. To me this smacks of some sort of display/collection of discarded hats who have taken on extra character through years of neglect. Since each is labeled, there's probably an interesting story that is lost to time.

I do believe men were less religious with respect to the shape of their hat then they are in this forum. However these hats look like they were fished from a bin at a thrift store.
 
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moontheloon

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thought this was appropriate to put here

some of the oldest known video footage of NYC

some great hats in this footage as well

enjoy

[video=youtube;AQR-HKzESsM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQR-HKzESsM#t=71[/video]
 

tropicalbob

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Great clip. I especially liked the cop swinging his billyclub down the street. Just wondering: is Jeremy's still there under the Brooklyn Bridge? The place used to be packed every Friday at lunchtime because of the pitchers of beer for $3.00 and fried clams for $2.50 (early '80's). The mounted cops used to tie up their steeds outside and join the crowd. Very unproductive Friday afternoons.
 

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