Show us their hats!

[hatsRme]

Treadmill time for me allows opportunity to watch Turner Classic Movies. Yesterday(?) Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) was on. I’m making a motion to make “Grandpa,” played by Harry Davenport, an honorary member of the Lounge. In the 1st scene he was deciding what hat to wear for the day. Hard to make out, but his collection is hanging on the wall to his right. He settled on his Fez. A true hat guy.

 

[BobHufford]

Brigitte Bardot — who passed away today at the age of 91.

 

[steur]

Brigitte Bardot — who passed away today at the age of 91.

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She deserves a few more.

 

[Rmccamey]

 

[steur]

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The bowler: the hat that won the west!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The bowler: the hat that won the west!

The Quartette were some mean hombres who settled the West singlehandedly.

 

[M Hatman]

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I am SURE they had some "p i s t o l pockets" in those coats!

 

[BobHufford]

Kenny Runion​

BIRTH: Aug 1, 1892
Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH: Feb 17, 1983 (aged 90)
Rabun County, Georgia, USA

A craftsman featured in the Foxfire 2 book (1973).

 

[Rmccamey]

Texas Rangers, around 1890.

 

[steur]

Texas Rangers, around 1890.
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The gentleman second from the left in the front row now feels awkward for having shaved off his moustache!

 

[RickP]

The gentleman second from the left in the front row now feels awkward for having shaved off his moustache!

Everyones loaded up with r i fles and p i stols. Maybe he was the only one with a sharp knife? lol. If anyone is driving through Waco Texas, be sure to stop in at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame... cool museum

 

[Rmccamey]

Batman in a bowler.

 

[Rmccamey]

Not a person but a place. Peters Brothers hats, Fort Worth, TX, in the 1950s.

 

[BobHufford]

Batman in a bowler.

You mean Bat Masterson?

 

[Rmccamey]

You mean Bat Masterson?

Yes, just a play on words

 

[RickP]

Ill call your bowler and raise you five lol.

I worked in downtown Ft Worth Tx several years at the old 1895 Tarrant County Courthouse. The photographer studio the famous Butch Cassidy/ Sundance Kid/ Wild Bunch photo ( the one the Pinkertons turned into the wanted poster) was taken in was 6 blocks from my office. Buildings been gone for years, theres a big historical marker right across the street from a Tobacco/ cigar store I used to frequent... walked right by the location many a time. Right in the heart of the old famous "Hells Half Acre"

As a side note my old office was once the hallway that condemned prisoners were walked through before they were lead across the street and hanged. You could still see the archway in the plaster behind my desk. I had the coolest workplace ever ( It was also the building where severak episodes of Chuck Norris's Walker Texas Ranger series were filmed). My office was under the steps there at the north end of the courthouse... Fun times

 

[Rmccamey]

Very cool, Rick. I'll have to stop by the place when I'm in Cowtown.

Ill call your bowler and raise you five lol.
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I worked in downtown Ft Worth Tx several years at the old 1895 Tarrant County Courthouse. The photographer studio the famous Butch Cassidy/ Sundance Kid/ Wild Bunch photo ( the one the Pinkertons turned into the wanted poster) was taken in was 6 blocks from my office. Buildings been gone for years, theres a big historical marker right across the street from a Tobacco/ cigar store I used to frequent... walked right by the location many a time. Right in the heart of the old famous "Hells Half Acre"
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As a side note my old office was once the hallway that condemned prisoners were walked through before they were lead across the street and hanged. You could still see the archway in the plaster behind my desk. I had the coolest workplace ever ( It was also the building where severak episodes of Chuck Norris's Walker Texas Ranger series were filmed). My office was under the steps there at the north end of the courthouse... Fun times

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[Rmccamey]

Charles de Gaulle and daughter.

 

[Rmccamey]

Hondo, TX 1917
Gotta love the socks!

 

[RickP]

Very cool, Rick. I'll have to stop by the place when I'm in Cowtown.

South main between 6th and 7th streets. Across the street from the Adolphus hotel