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1911 New York
This film depicts the streets of 1911 New York. It is one, perhaps the best, films of that era that I have ever seen. Lots of footage of the pedestrians, horse and horseless carriages, street cars, etc all competing for the street space to move around in. I thought it would interest those folks...- xwray
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Olde postcards
I thought I'd share this link I came across depicting old postcards cataloged by state and county...lots of history from early last century: http://www.usgwarchives.org/special/ppcs/ppcs.html- xwray
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Have the cowboy movies brainwashed me?
I'm currently reading "The Last of the Mountain Men" by Harold Peterson, the true story of Sylvan Hart. The author tends toward the poetic at times but it is an interesting read nevertheless. Anyhow, I've exerpted a couple paragraphs below describing one of the author's experiences while... -
Hats on high steel part 1
I found these pictures interesting...plenty of caps but only a couple of high altitude fedoras. These guys not only worked with steel, they had nerves of the same stuff! The buiilding they are constructing is the Empire State Building. [ Pictures taked by Lewis Wicks Hines -
I've come from Alabama
with a Banjo Paterson on my knee... I do believe it looks better on my head I stumbled into this forum knowing nothing about hats and not suspecting a whole lot about them. Being in Texas I decided I needed to get me a Stetson. Quickly learned enough... -
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A couple of weeks ago I couldn't pronounce Akubra...now I have one...
Thanks to the education I received in this forum I aquired the Akubra Overland. I like it a lot...I only wish the pictures were as pretty as the hat... -
No Fedoras but our heads are warm
Trying to learn how to post pictures...hope it works. This is the only picture I had handy with hats in it...its a pic of some of the family taking Christmas eve dinner outdoors during a dog sledding trip last year. I'm the one that looks like a dork in the Russian Sailors cap...that thing... -
really vintage hats
I hope I'm not out of line here but I didn't know where else to post this. It's a motion picture taken from a trolley running up Market street in 1906 San Francisco not too long before the quake. I found it quite interesting...not a bare head in sight which is why I thought it would best fit... -
What is an action back?
I'm thinking about getting a leather jacket - it would be my first - and I'm finding I know very little about what separates a good jacket from a not so good jacket. I'm just looking for outdoor/casual wear and not necessarily a reproduction/vintage jacket. While researching, I came across...- xwray
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
