what was FDR's hat?

[budward]

Anyone know the particulars on what kind of hat FDR wore? The photos I've seen has him in a suit with a hat that has the dimples on the crown down the sides, kind of like a cowboy hat, and with the brim up all the way around. It doesn't look like a traditional-looking fedora, but not like a cowboy hat either. It doesn't really look like an open road to me. Anyone have a guess?

Bud

 

[scotrace]

FDR wore a 20's style hat in a 20's style shape, but badly dented. He generally only wore that hat on the campaign trail. In fact, he called it his "Campaign Hat."

It helped a fellow who had been To The Manor Born seem a little more in touch with the common man.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It was his lucky hat. Rain or shine, he worn it in open cars on the campaign trails of 1932, '36, '40 and '44.