1912 World Series Sea of Hats

[cptjeff]

I want one of those stingy homburgs. I think one of those is going to be my life quest now, or rather life quest until I can afford to have art make me one. College quest then.

 

[ScottF]

I want one of those stingy homburgs. I think one of those is going to be my life quest now, or rather life quest until I can afford to have art make me one. College quest then.

Check out the movie "Michael Collins" - lots of that type hat. There is also documentary footage included that shows film of the actual hats, plus some period 'backbow' hats.

 

[Al_Ojeda]

I want a bowler hat !!!

 

[ScottF]

Pick out the people who are looking at the camera. What are they wearing?

That can't be coincidence, but not sure what it's saying about the wearers.

 

[univibe88]

I have to say that I'm amazed to see quite a few telescope crowns/porkpies in the crowd. For some reason I always thought that they became popular much later.

I noticed and thought the same thing.

 

[Brinybay]

Grandpa would have been a young man of 29 then, he wore a bowler into his old age.

 

[ScionPI2005]

Pick out the people who are looking at the camera. What are they wearing?

That can't be coincidence, but not sure what it's saying about the wearers.

I think that's a little curious too. In my few minutes of examining the photo, I couldn't find a single brim-wearer looking at the camera.

 

[bolthead]

Anybody know where I can find more photos similar to this and others? I tried searching, no luck. [huh]

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Homburgs! We ain't got no steenking homburgs!

"... until I can afford to have art make me one."

Please forgive my paraphrase of that famous line from "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", also parodied in "Blazing Saddles". I got a vintage homburg last spring on eBay. I contacted Art about a re-furbish. He told me that he doesn't have the blocks and flanges for homburgs. He advised me to send it to Optimo. They did a credible job on it. So unless and until Art lays hands on homburg blocks and flanges, you'll have to quest elsewhere.

 

[buler]

Anybody know where I can find more photos similar to this and others? I tried searching, no luck. [huh]

Hi Bolt, try searching google for "historic photo collection". There are tons of these on the web. Then you can usually search by subject or keyword. Try "hat", "fashion", "crowd", "sports"....etc.

B

 

[bolthead]

Hi Bolt, try searching google for "historic photo collection". There are tons of these on the web. Then you can usually search by subject or keyword. Try "hat", "fashion", "crowd", "sports"....etc.

B

Thanks Buddy.

 

[ScottF]

Anybody know where I can find more photos similar to this and others? I tried searching, no luck. [huh]

I was stuck on the Shorpy's site for about two hours the other day - so much fascinating stuff! The best hat photos came from searching on 'crowd' and 'baseball'. Since most of the Shorpy's pics came from the Library of Congress archive, that's also a great place to look.

By 1925, the bowlers were gone. There's also a good crowd photo from a 1920 baseball game where the bowlers were also gone.

1925 at Griffith Stadium

 

[rlk]

1925 game hats

Generally wide brims of lighter color inside the park though a couple of black fuzzies. Hard to find a brim snapped down however. The 1912 photo was people on the street in their normal business attire checking out the progress rather than attending a game and also October in Washington.

 

[rlk]

1925 summer

click for full size:http://www.shorpy.com/node/6440?size=_original

 

[mayserwegener]

click for full size:http://www.shorpy.com/node/6440?size=_original

I live in Laurel, Maryland. Very cool! :eusa_clap

 

[GWD]

I didn't see one feather in those hats either.

 

[NeilA]

It's the Saratoga crease!

Brad

I find myself needing my drool cup every time I see one of these Ads for a hat. I know, I know inflation, but just seeing the $10 is enough to get those juices flowin. lol But seriously, is 10 bucks back then equivalant to the price we pay today for a good hat? I assume you're getting a good hat for $10 back then. I wonder if felters and hatters would make more if good hats didn't cost so much. I know Mr. Fawcet would be swamped to say the least if he could cut his prices to say half.

Well, I guess I ranted enough for now. Suppose that comes from lack of spendable cash.