Show us their hats!

[Frunobulax]

Our early space pioneers showing off hats in Houston. FB fritzed out before I could get all the names.

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That's the Mercury 7. Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.

I grew up idolizing those guys.

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[GHT]

The original hoodie. Tenzing Norgay on the Mount Everest summit, 29 May 1953.

 

[Edward]

I've seen a few reels of that kid pop up on social media. He's great; genuine passuin abd knowledge. Remarkably self aware too, not one of those precocious kids who grates. I hope he keeps it up into adulthood.

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Sean Connery famously wears a dark brown Lock & Co. Hatters trilby in the opening *** barrel sequences and early scenes of his first four Bond films Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball. The hat is famously worn by stuntman Bob Simmons in the Dr. No silhouette, and later by Connery when arriving in London.

Connery's dark grey straw from the golf scene in Goldfinger:

Natural straw coloured porkpie, Thunderball:

I don't think Moore word a hat at all. Distancing him from Connery in part, I'm sure, but also if course changed times. Moore was the Bond with whom they most consciously moved with contemporary fashion, doubtless why those pictures have dated so badly.

 

[Bamaboots]

genuine passuin abd knowledge. Remarkably self aware too, not one of those precocious kids who grates.

That really garnered my attention. I was reluctant to watch it b/c of my preconceived notions.

 

[hatsRme]

I've seen a few reels of that kid pop up on social media. He's great; genuine passuin abd knowledge. Remarkably self aware too, not one of those precocious kids who grates. I hope he keeps it up into adulthood.



Connery's dark grey straw from the golf scene in Goldfinger:

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Natural straw coloured porkpie, Thunderball:

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I don't think Moore word a hat at all. Distancing him from Connery in part, I'm sure, but also if course changed times. Moore was the Bond with whom they most consciously moved with contemporary fashion, doubtless why those pictures have dated so badly.

The gray Milan appears to be one of a popular look from Cavanagh at the time. Here is a 1957 ad identifying it as Benny Goodman’s lid. Slightly varied ribbon striping, but the “look” remains. Goldfinger was released in 1964.

 

[Zombie_61]

Our early space pioneers showing off hats in Houston. FB fritzed out before I could get all the names.

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Left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Not from memory, I had to look it up. There was a time when I could have simply remembered and recited their names, but my memory ain't what it used to was and that was a long time ago.

 

[Edward]

The gray Milan appears to be one of a popular look from Cavanagh at the time. Here is a 1957 ad identifying it as Benny Goodman’s lid. Slightly varied ribbon striping, but the “look” remains. Goldfinger was released in 1964.

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That's a cracking hat. Certainly looks close. Locks supposedly provided Connery's (they definitiely did the furfelts he wore). They make a version still, though it looks to me like they've compromised the details for current fashion tastes: crown is now much lower for one thing. Quality, doubtless, but all the same I smell a hefty brand tax... https://www.lockhatters.com/products/the-stoke-black-panama-hat?_pos=1&_sid=57124471d&_ss=r

 

[GHT]

President Barack Obama attending a fundraiser at Pauls Hat Works, where they gave a Fedora hat to the President as a gift.

 

[Zombie_61]

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President Barack Obama attending a fundraiser at Pauls Hat Works, where they gave a Fedora hat to the President as a gift.

Nice! I think they did a good job selecting the crown height and shape. Also nice that the colors of their hats match their suits so well.

 

[Rmccamey]

Straw hat, anyone?

 

[BobHufford]

Venita, Oklahoma. 1938.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

George Adolphus Scarborough (1859 - 1900)

The 2nd man to be elected as Sheriff of Jones county, TX in Nov 1884. Re-elected in 1886 while living in Anton. Scarborough shot & killed A. J. Williams in the Road To Ruin Saloon, Haskell, TX after looking for Williams for three days. Scarborough was later tried for killing Williams & was acquitted, but lost his bid for re-election in 1888.

While working as a Stock Detective in 1893, Scarborough was appointed as Deputy US Marshal for the Western District of TX. Teamed up with Jefferson Davis “Jeff” Milton & Frank McMahan in El Paso, Scarborough shot & killed cattle rustler Martin Mroz on June 29th, 1895. Scarborough once again stood trial for the manner in which he killed Mroz (probably shot in the back) & was acquitted. Less than a yr later Scarborough shot & killed John Selman, the notorious ***man who had killed John Wesley Hardin by shooting Hardin in the back of the head, in the Acme Saloon. Scarborough stood trial for the manner in which he killed Selman (probably shot in the back or back of the head) & was acquitted but forced to resign as Deputy US Marshal.

Milton on the left.

Next Scarborough worked for a time as a representative for several ranchers in Jeff Davis county buying & selling cattle & horses for them. After relocating to Deming, NM Scarborough resumed a career in LE first by working again as a Stock Detective, then Deputy Sheriff of Deming, & finally as a territorial state ranger. It was in this capacity that he was shot in the leg while trying to arrest cattle rustlers near San Simon, AZ. He was taken home to Deming where it was determined the bone was split & his leg had to be amputated. He would die four agonizing days later.

 

[Rmccamey]

Speaking of...Hardin has a history in my neck of the woods.

"In May 1874 he started two herds of cattle up the Chisolm trail; while visiting in Comanche (TX) he killed Charles Webb, deputy sheriff of Brown County. From that time, Hardin was constantly pursued in Texas. He went with his wife and children to Florida and Alabama, adding one certain and five possible names to his death list before the Texas Rangers captured him in Pensacola, Florida, on July 23, 1877. He was tried at Comanche for the murder of Charles Webb and sentenced, on September 28, 1878, to twenty-five years in prison."

 

[Hurricane Jack]

He was tried at Comanche for the murder of Charles Webb and sentenced, on September 28, 1878, to twenty-five years in prison."

Hard to believe that during those yrs in prison he studied Law & passed the bar to become a lawyer. Fourth/fifth generation Texans used to hold Hardin in high regard. Different times; real men.

If I lived anywhere close I would have to research the Road To Ruin Saloon. I love that name. I’ll bet there are a lot of stories & history there.

 

[Rmccamey]

Yes, there is a microbrewery and several entities in the area that use the Hardin name. My MIL was always appalled that Comanche county would actually honor such a celebrated outlaw!

Hard to believe that during those yrs in prison he studied Law & passed the bar to become a lawyer. Fourth/fifth generation Texans used to hold Hardin in high regard. Different times; real men.

If I lived anywhere close I would have to research the Road To Ruin Saloon. I love that name. I’ll bet there are a lot of stories & history there.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

My MIL was always appalled that Comanche county would actually honor such a celebrated outlaw!

We had a similar situation here when a couple moved here from NYC after he got a job with a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. She had a fit over the annual Cole Younger Days.

 

[M Hatman]

A few more from my archives.....

Circa 1910 double image of the same young man, with and without hat.

Circa 1870ish

back

Several Civil War photographs are known from this photographer.

Unknown RPPC (real photo post card).

Circa 1885

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1865, CDV taken in Tennessee. "Yours Truly, H J Bailey".
EDIT: A online collector found out who he is!
Horatio J. Bailey of the 83rd Illinois Infantry

 

[RickP]

One of my Grandfathers, John William Pleasant about 1925-ish. He was a traveling electrical engineer who seemed to get a job, move cross country, bring the family out, stay there a handful of years then move on somewhere else. Southern California, St Louis, Xenia, Ohio, St Joseph, Missouri, Ragland, Alabama, and eventually Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the Manhattan project. This picture was before he married my Grandmother. Quite the dapper soul back in the day. I actually have the multi leaf masonic watch fob and Elgin pocketwatch that hes wearing in the picture

 

[M Hatman]

As it is slowly getting to be that time of year again.....A Boater is a great choice!

RPPC (real photo post card). Circa 1915.