Show us their hats!

[GHT]

He was a true mechanical genius. He’s sometimes compared to Peter Paul Mauser, but Browning was on a whole different level. Such a range of rifles, shotguns, and pistols is unprecedented. That his designs are still popular and arguably still the best engineered 150 years after he designed them is amazing.

On the subject of firearms American, Brigadier General John T. Thompson was the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, the iconic “Tommy gun.”

This 1940 photo of British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill holding an M1928 Tommy gun,
helped cement its namesake inventor’s reputation.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Friend & author Harold Dellinger, taken at the Jesse James farm 2007. RIP.

 

[GHT]

This 1913 photo is that of the shortest, tallest and fattest men playing cards.
The inscription gave no names. I didn't realise at first, the tall fellow is actually seated.

 

[Zombie_61]

...This 1913 photo is that of the shortest, tallest and fattest men playing cards...

Even for a publicity photo like this, doesn't it seem a bit of a "cheat" to put such a tall hat on the "tallest" man?

 

[steur]

Even for a publicity photo like this, doesn't it seem a bit of a "cheat" to put such a tall hat on the "tallest" man?

Ah, but maybe the fattest man is also wearing some extra layers

 

[Mighty44]

Came across this beautiful photo by Ruth Orkin of a boy and his father in the old Penn Station—dad in a perfectly creased fedora.

David

 

[BobHufford]

Came across this beautiful photo by Ruth Orkin of a boy and his father in the old Penn Station—dad in a perfectly creased fedora.

If only he had picked up that matchstick, stuck it behind the ribbon and trademarked it. All the kids would be clamoring for this style instead.

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

 

[BobHufford]

This popped up on my FB feed.

James Brown Miller (Killin' Jim) a hired killer of the Wild west. He served both as a lawman and an outlaw. Picture taken in 1887.

 

[Frunobulax]

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[BobHufford]

The nine different ethnic groups of Bukovina region, (Austria-Hungary), 1902
From top left: Hutsul, Hungarian, Rom (Romani or Gypsy), Lipovan, Jew, Pole, Schwab, Romanian, Rusyn

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

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I was wondering if someone would catch it! Lol
I think Powers Boothe and Buck Taylor was the best dressed actors of the whole movie.

 

[Frunobulax]

I was wondering if someone would catch it! Lol
I think Powers Boothe and Buck Taylor was the best dressed actors of the whole movie.

I originally thought it was a true old photo, and was a little taken aback by the resemblance. After looking around, I realized that was a studio photograph from the movie and it really is Powers Booth.

I like the story behind the shot, too. Apparently, they were on their way to filming their final scene and he gathered all his "gang" together for one last shot "before we're all killed."

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

I originally thought it was a true old photo, and was a little taken aback by the resemblance. After looking around, I realized that was a studio photograph from the movie and it really is Powers Booth.


I like the story behind the shot, too. Apparently, they were on their way to filming their final scene and he gathered all his "gang" together for one last shot "before we're all killed."

It is a cool story, I grabbed the image from a Google search. The original is color, I changed it with my phones photo editor.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I was wondering if someone would catch it! Lol
I think Powers Boothe and Buck Taylor was the best dressed actors of the whole movie.

That's Phil Spangenberger in the right rear.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Jack Pickford and William Desmond Taylor, 1918

 

[BobHufford]

Journalist Ernie Pyle talking with neighbor at his home on Girard Avenue, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1941 - 1944?
Photographer: Ferenz Fedor

Pyle, the brave and gifted World War II correspondent, died in the Pacific in 1945 after being hit by a sniper's bullet.

 

[Mighty44]

I love Ernie Pyle and have read all his books. I went to his hometown in Indiana years ago when they had an Ernie Pyle museum (now closed, I believe). I read years ago
that they turned this house into a library.

David

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Journalist Ernie Pyle talking with neighbor at his home on Girard Avenue, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1941 - 1944?
Photographer: Ferenz Fedor

Pyle, the brave and gifted World War II correspondent, died in the Pacific in 1945 after being hit by a sniper's bullet.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

This popped up on my FB feed.

James Brown Miller (Killin' Jim) a hired killer of the Wild west. He served both as a lawman and an outlaw. Picture taken in 1887.

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Killin' Jim Miller died with his hat on.

 

[GHT]

When the sun came out, Prince Philip could often be spotted keeping it cool in a jaunty fedora, which brought a sophisticated and cosmopolitan finish to his relaxed outdoor style.