Ancestor hat pics

[hatophile]

Wow great style! Really like both of the hats!

+1, very dapper gentleman, your father. Love the beret on your mom.

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

In name of both my, alas deceased, parents, thank you very much for the comments. Looking back at those days, and knowing how it was, well, they're very, very well dressed. I was born in 1949, by the way, but you can't see me on the picture ;-)

 

[zetwal]

Here's my parents, in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, either 1948 or 1949.

What are those objects clustered to our left of your mother's right arm?

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

Good question, Zetwal. They're wicker beach chairs, very typical of the (once) very fashionable beach resort of Scheveningen (for instance, the WWI emperor of Germany retired there -in WWI neutral Holland- after that war).

There's a few better pictures of them here,

http://www.nuentoen.nl/fotos/99448/1936-strandstoelen-scheveningen-naar-de-winteropslag.html

and here...
http://www.jenneken.nl/bekijk/1900strandlevennoordzee.htm

Paul

 

[zetwal]

Good question, Zetwal. They're wicker beach chairs, very typical of the (once) very fashionable beach resort of Scheveningen (for instance, the WWI emperor of Germany retired there -in WWI neutral Holland- after that war).

Ah yes, I see them now. Thanks for that.

 

[Aureliano]

My grandfather in Milan wearing some sort of cap. (man I wished I looked like him!)

 

[alanfgag]

Good question, Zetwal. They're wicker beach chairs, very typical of the (once) very fashionable beach resort of Scheveningen (for instance, the WWI emperor of Germany retired there -in WWI neutral Holland- after that war).

There's a few better pictures of them here,

http://www.nuentoen.nl/fotos/99448/1936-strandstoelen-scheveningen-naar-de-winteropslag.html

and here...
http://www.jenneken.nl/bekijk/1900strandlevennoordzee.htm

Paul

Fantastic reference! Zetwal has the eyes of a hawk.

 

[hatophile]

Very striking, Aureliano. His mustache is great!

 

[alanfgag]

My grandfather in Milan wearing some sort of cap. (man I wished I looked like him!)

you will someday... wait and see. 8^)

 

[hatophile]

BTW, Pablo, your father resembles Liam Neeson I think.

 

[zetwal]

BTW, Pablo, your father resembles Liam Neeson I think.

Or maybe a bit like Pete Townshend as well?

 

[Aureliano]

Very striking, Aureliano. His mustache is great!

Pretty cool indeed!

you will someday... wait and see. 8^)

Bless your words, Alan. Fingers crossed then!

 

[hatophile]

Or maybe a bit like Pete Townshend as well?

But can he windmill a guitar?

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I introduce my my Grandfather Walter. Grandfather meet FL members.

I would like to introduce my Grandfather Walter. He and his wife immigrated to the US in the late 1940's. This pic was taken in 1960 with me (1 years old) in the drive way of the transit (trucking) company he owned in and around the Duluth, MN area. His trucks hauled iron ore from the Iron Range in MN or wood for the paper or pulp mills. A very good business in the 50's thru the 70's (when he sold) for my Mom's family. In the background of the pic is the Northwest Paper Co. railroad station - Cloquete, MN.

Grandfather Walter is shown in the above pic wearing his fav everyday hat. My Grandmother Hilda confirmed that it was a "Stetson." When asked about the hats in the pic, she said that she was proud that her husband owned a couple of "Stetson business hats. He looked handsome in the hats."

Thanks for allowing me to share a pic of my grandfather. He was a successfull businessman who immigrated from Scandinavia. He arrived, like most of our relatives with almost nothing. Their efforts are legend in our family. Thanks Walter for being a loving Grandfather and a lifelong example for me. He did not live long enough.

On the hat front - easy wearing hat I see in this pic. It did not survive to my generation. I can not say that I started this year wearing hats because of my Grandfather, but he did set a life long example of work ethos that I follow today.

Best wishes, Eric -

 

[GWD]

Found this picture in the Garage today.

Uncle Ira Wade. The "W" in GWD!

 

[Chasseur]

Great uncle Ernie and my grandparents about 1945-46 or so.

 

[hatophile]

Great photos, guys!

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

Great uncle Ernie and my grandparents about 1945-46 or so.

Great uncle Ernie....looks much like a...chasseur himself, doesn't he? (for those who don't understand "chasseur", it means "hunter"). Absolutely great looking hat there!

 

[Lefty]

Uncle Ira Wade. The "W" in GWD!

Though it appears very subtle, Mr. W. looks to be projecting quite a bit of cool.
I love the full and tall bowler he's sporting.

 

[alanfgag]

Yes, that is a fantastic portrait, GWD. I can imagine two people coming out of that coat after the bulb flash.