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    1932 again?

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/7871421/With-the-US-trapped-in-depression-this-really-is-starting-to-feel-like-1932.html Financially we are in 1932 next broad brimmed fedoras will come back in style!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap
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    WANTED: size 7 1/2 black hat

    nevermind hat found.
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    ill fitting panama

    Hi i have a question for you learned folk i just received my first panama hat. It was listed as 22 inches in circumfrance when it arrived i now find it doesnt fit, its really loose. The sweatband is also loose i dont know if this has something to do with the fit or not. is there any way for me...
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    won: cavanagh

    i was lucky enough the other day to win the auction for this Cavanagh hat im really excited says it has a 2 inch brim and 2 inch ribbon ( i think misread this originally thanks brad) I cant wait till it arrives now the long wait begins :-D also does anyone have an estimate of age? how does...
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    knox straw just arrived!,

    ive never owned a good summer hat before this is my first. It says knox milan, knox premier quality on the leather sweatband. I noticed that on the band is little vent holes which seem to circulate air, is this a common feature on straw hats? Its a really lightweight hat. the seller also...
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    the San Francisco Earthquake April 18 1906

    April 18, 1906 San Francisco was wrecked by a Great Earthquake at 5:13 a.m., and then destroyed by the seventh Great Fire that burned for four days. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of trapped persons died when South-of-Market tenements collapsed as the ground liquefied beneath them. Most of those...
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    university newspaper 1936

    i was searching for information on a beautiful and lamentably moth eaten tie and i came across this old newspaper hope someone enjoys it. http://www-tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_056/TECH_V056_S0235_P004.pdf
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    iconic tropicana casino to be destroyed

    LAS VEGAS - After the Tropicana Resort & Casino opened 50 years ago, it was soon dubbed the "Tiffany of the Strip" because of its manicured lawns, balconied rooms and elegant showroom. Years under mob control earned it a storied place in Nevada gambling lore. Its 60-foot tulip-shaped...
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    one of the last french survivors of wwi dies

    DRAGUIGNAN , France, Nov 10, 2006 (AFP) - Maurice Floquet, one of France's last five surviving servicemen from World War I, died overnight at the age of 111, one day before Armistice Day, the ministry of defense said. Floquet, who enlisted in the infantry at the outbreak of the war in 1914...
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    just won: royal stetson fedora

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230033290249 i was incredibly surprised due to its stated condition that no one else tried to aquire this hat. heres the ebay description A vintage grey royal stetson fedora in its original box in pristine condition has original price...
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    the serial number on a vintage borsalino?

    does anyone know if theres any way to read these #s do they tell the date the hat was made? i just found the number on my borsalino torino it reads n3154p 42336 thanks for any help
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    my first borsalino!

    im soo happy and excited! it feels like a babys on the way or something like that heres pictures of the hat did i do well? i realise its a bit dirty perhaps i can send it off for a well deserved cleaning? i await you knowledgeable folks feedback also can anyone estimate age...
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    old time jokes

    I was thinking today how much i like the old style of humor especially bob hope. heres some of his one liners i could find, Feel free to post your favorite old time jokes. “You should have seen the Christmas cards I got this year. I got one card from Marilyn Monroe with a picture of her...
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    a poem about my hat

    i was bored tonight so i decided to write a poem dedicated to my hat this is the result:) my life for my hat a crown for a fool brings me cheap beer it guides and romances see the lacivious glances darting like young mice but only for the hat
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    looking for a black size 7 1/2 fedora

    ive been trying to convince my friend for quite a while about the beauty of a quality hat and finally after months of work he asks me to find him a fedora. So here i am trying to help my noob friend. He is asking for a size 7 1/2 black fedora beyond that he doesnt know what he wants besides...
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    war poems

    poetry is something thats always inspired and moved me, ive noticed there seems to be a poignency and power to poems written during great conflicts. As it happens i came across these from World War One and wanted to share them with you all (hope they havent been post before) if ive posted them...
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    second hat this month i think im addicted

    im doing some work on the pc tonight and suddenly i get this inkling to look on ebay for hats, no reason as i just bought a beautiful straw less then a month ago. well i see this hat on ebay and at 8$ i bought it. heres the description that came with it. VINTAGE BROWN EXTRA LONG OVAL FEDORA...
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    my first suit

    hello all. ive been haunting the local senior center thrift store now for weeks they all know me by my first name so i was there today the second time this week and i see this suit hanging up almost beyond reach. So i pulled it down and looked at the label says Robert Hall Quality...
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    WWII Aircraft excavated and Fly Again

    In the early days of the Second World War, Allied forces began Operation Bolero, a daring and risky effort to bring American planes to the European theater by way of secret airbases in the far north. As part of this operation, on 15 July 1942 two Boeing B-17 bombers were being escorted by six...
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    new hat i just bought

    oh im so excited! i told myself i would limit my exposure to this site due to your profound influence on my sense of style. however call me a victim of perhaps excessive rum or a love of all things vintage or a little of both here is my new baby...

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