Recent content by budward

Art Hi, Ray. Get Art to make you one with the exact dimensions & colors you want. It won't say "Stetson" but it won't need to if it says Fawcett. My 2 cents. Buddy

okay the obvious What date, the movie, and what kinda hat you figure Jimmy is wearing? bud

Great news, Art. You're my hat hero. You'll be all rested up just in time for felt hat season. :)

Brad, your piece is a work of art in itself, with much obvious work and time poured in. And definitive is right. Thanx for sharing it. Budwin

Fawcett.

I don't know exactly what it is, but once you post pictures, I bet you'll get some expert advice. My two cents is (are?) this: it looks cool, and it looks old, particularly with that wide ribbon. The bash in the picture looks like pics and advertisements posted from the pre-ww1 era when the...

That's an amazing find. The Shady Oak is kind of legendary, at least in my (DFW) part of the country. If I remember right, Peters Bros. has pictures on its web site of JFK with a Shady Oak that was given him on a trip to Fort Worth. I've often wondered if there were any old ones somewhere out...

That is one sweet lid. Should you ever get bored with it, please send it my way. ;) Bud

I think you ought to blame it on Santa. lol

I presently have nothing on the way but have been buttering up the wife for the possibility that "Santa" may bring daddy something about the size of a hat box. ;) Bud

That is one fine lookin' lid!

I wish oh I wish we knew what those "all new summer colors" were.

ooh. Nice. Looks like a Stratoliner. Bud

Wow. Thanks for taking the time to make these available for us to enjoy, Mar\c. I could (and just may) spend hours looking at all of them. Bud

I think that's outrageously fascinating. So by pastel, what exactly are we talking? Blues and greens and yellows and shades of red or exactly what? And you know, part of the problem with understanding this must be the lack of more widespread color photography pre-war. Everything just looks...