The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

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"We're gonna have barrels of fun!"

Back then you didn't go out in public
without a hat.
Two chaps without hats look frustrated!

 

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Engineer jacket

Telephone linesmen

Going to school

 

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Kid with moxie!

 

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1850-1860

1890s

 

[Tukwila]

Kid with moxie!
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Dang, that's a great cap!

 

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Dang, that's a great cap!

It appears that 30s newsboy caps were
roomier on top and the brim extended
more.

I found one on ebay, but most that are
offered the brims are not promiment.
But they do exist, one has to shop around.

 

[Tukwila]

It appears that 30s newsboy caps were
roomier on top and the brim extended
more.
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I found one on ebay, but most that are
offered the style is more trim.

It's the prominent brim that I like. The newer caps that bring the top down to the front of the brim look like a bicycle seat to me...

That 1850s-1860s cap is attractive to my eye as well.

 

[hatophile]

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Great look!

 

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It's the prominent brim that I like. The newer caps that bring the top down to the front of the brim look like a bicycle seat to me...

That 1850s-1860s cap is attractive to my eye as well.

The prominent brim is also what I like
as well.
Here's some that come close to 30s style.

 

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Moe, Larry & Curly!

 

[Michael A]

I can't remember if I posted from this series before or not. From around 1850

Wonder if this is wear that thing about bringing a knife to a gun fight came from?

 

[Michael A]

Charles Edward Mitchell around 1851

Michael

 

[Michael A]

Late 1850s California Gold Rush

I like the look of the soft felt in these hats.

Michael

 

[Michael A]

Mule Driver, California Gold Rush

 

[Michael A]

Unidentified Man, California Gold Rush, circa 1850

Looks like some nice felt here, too.

Michael

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Late 1850s California Gold Rush

Mule Driver, California Gold Rush

Unidentified Man, California Gold Rush, circa 1850

I have a ggg-grandfather who left his family behind & headed for the goldfields of California in 1849, intending to send for them when he struck it rich. He died of disease as many miners did, before that happened. Whenever I see pics of such miners my curiosity is always peaked as to what he might have looked like; what he might have gone thru.

 

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I can't remember if I posted from this series before or not. From around 1850

Wonder if this is wear that thing about bringing a knife to a gun fight came from?

Great images which bear repeating!

 

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"High Water"

 

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"Guy on right wearing a cartridge belt Civil War "US" buckle.
In his belt is the Colt model 1877."
from Collectors Weekly