Show us their hats!

[RickP]

Last year when I was clearing out Dads house up in Knoxville, tn, I found a couple of his hats in the bottom of a box full of boots and an old VCR on top. ( pretty much crushed) Nothing fancy..Just a couple of Cavendars Western Wear store hats. Got them cleaned and un-crushed. One was a nondescript straw thing, and the other was this Master Hatters of Texas half acre silverbelly hat with a 4-1/8" wide brim. ( Somehow I never noticed just how big his hats were lol) Its was a 6-7/8 and has been carefully worked out to a 7-1/4. Did some trimming and reshaping into something akin to a "Justified" hat with a 2-1/2" brim. Now it actually gets used once in a while. Long tern plan is to someday do some pouncing to thin it out and lighten it up a bit

Yesterday I was going through some boxes and actually found a picture of him in the hat. Miss ya Dad....thanks for the hat!

 

[Rmccamey]

Some great personal history.

Last year when I was clearing out Dads house up in Knoxville, tn, I found a couple of his hats in the bottom of a box full of boots and an old VCR on top. ( pretty much crushed) Nothing fancy..Just a couple of Cavendars Western Wear store hats. Got them cleaned and un-crushed. One was a nondescript straw thing, and the other was this Master Hatters of Texas half acre silverbelly hat with a 4-1/8" wide brim. ( Somehow I never noticed just how big his hats were lol) Its was a 6-7/8 and has been carefully worked out to a 7-1/4. Did some trimming and reshaping into something akin to a "Justified" hat with a 2-1/2" brim. Now it actually gets used once in a while. Long tern plan is to someday do some pouncing to thin it out and lighten it up a bit

Yesterday I was going through some boxes and actually found a picture of him in the hat. Miss ya Dad....thanks for the hat!

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[M Hatman]

More hats on the ground at an apparent camping expedition.....circa 1910

 

[M Hatman]

And a few more:
Circa 1870

Circa 1880

Circa 1885

Dated 1910

 

[M Hatman]

Two soft hats circa 1885 from the same photographer......

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Last year when I was clearing out Dads house up in Knoxville, tn, I found a couple of his hats in the bottom of a box full of boots and an old VCR on top. ( pretty much crushed) Nothing fancy..Just a couple of Cavendars Western Wear store hats. Got them cleaned and un-crushed. One was a nondescript straw thing, and the other was this Master Hatters of Texas half acre silverbelly hat with a 4-1/8" wide brim. ( Somehow I never noticed just how big his hats were lol) Its was a 6-7/8 and has been carefully worked out to a 7-1/4. Did some trimming and reshaping into something akin to a "Justified" hat with a 2-1/2" brim. Now it actually gets used once in a while. Long tern plan is to someday do some pouncing to thin it out and lighten it up a bit

Yesterday I was going through some boxes and actually found a picture of him in the hat. Miss ya Dad....thanks for the hat!

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Looks like Pops is wearing a Marine Corps lapel pin?
Between the two-blocked tie and his expression he’s kinda got that look.
You took after Pops?
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[RickP]

Looks like Pops is wearing a Marine Corps lapel pin?
Between the two-blocked tie and his expression he’s kinda got that look.
You took after Pops?
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My Dad was Army... ( the Redstone Missile Program that put up the first satellite) That pin is either a Masonic or a Lions Club thing. My Marine adventure was taking after Dads cousin in Ragland Al. He was a Para Marine at the start of ww2, survived the Makin Island and Chosul Island raids, Pelieu, Tarawa, , Guadacanal, and made it 13 days on Iwo Jima before he has a run in with an artillery shell. He drove over to Parris island for my Boot Camp graduation in 74 ( after one of my Drill Instructors chatted him up abut about the Old Corps, he was my best friend lol). He was definately an Old Corps Marine... He made Corporal once and PFC two times lol. Really inspiring guy.

His Son wrote a book about him years later. Love the cocky side tilt on his cover!. One of my Knox Hats came from Ragland Al, and Im pretty sure it was his

One of his quotes that always stuck with me was " Never be afraid to fail.... just be sure you fail gracefully and get back up"

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

My Dad was Army... ( the Redstone Missile Program that put up the first satellite) That pin is either a Masonic or a Lions Club thing. My Marine adventure was taking after Dads cousin in Ragland Al. He was a Para Marine at the start of ww2, survived the Makin Island and Chosul Island raids, Pelieu, Tarawa, , Guadacanal, and made it 13 days on Iwo Jima before he has a run in with an artillery shell. He drove over to Parris island for my Boot Camp graduation in 74 ( after one of my Drill Instructors chatted him up abut about the Old Corps, he was my best friend lol). He was definately an Old Corps Marine... He made Corporal once and PFC two times lol. Really inspiring guy.

His Son wrote a book about him years later. Love the cocky side tilt on his cover!. One of my Knox Hats came from Ragland Al, and Im pretty sure it was his

One of his quotes that always stuck with me was " Never be afraid to fail.... just be sure you fail gracefully and get back up"





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Great history and thanks.
George hit em all. Quite a warrior.
Wasn’t hard to make Pfc twice in the old days. Not lol
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