JohnnyB53
One of the Regulars
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Here's a pic of my mom, dad, brother, and me (I'm the little guy--not quite one year old) in the Fall of 1954. My dad was 45 then. He was definitely a conservative man--not a fad-chasing dapper dan--so he's not wearing an excessively high-crowned hat relative to the time period when he bought it, probably late '40s. And it certainly doesn't hint at the low tapered crowns, stingy brims, and narrow lapels to come later in the '50s.
It's funny how some of the Indy-type hats (e.g., Akubra Fed IV) shorten the crown a bit to make the hat appeal to a wider audience, but here's proof that a big, squared-off high crown fedora was totally mainstream for many years.
It's funny how some of the Indy-type hats (e.g., Akubra Fed IV) shorten the crown a bit to make the hat appeal to a wider audience, but here's proof that a big, squared-off high crown fedora was totally mainstream for many years.