Count the Hats!

[Frunobulax]

Looking through the NOLA.COM website as part of my morning news perusal, one of the top features today is a slideshow of old Mardi Gras Parades. Canal Street, 1933 (click image for larger):



Where are all those hats now?

 

[RJR]

WOW :shocked:

 

[Fed in a Fedora]

NOLA.com?

That photo is great. I remember some hats were still around when I was a kid. The flambeaus were an amazing thing to see - as shown in the photo.

Where yat?

Welcome to the FL!

Fed - former ride operator at Da Beach

 

[Frunobulax]

NOLA.com?

That photo is great. I remember some hats were still around when I was a kid. The flambeaus were an amazing thing to see - as shown in the photo.

Where yat?

Welcome to the FL!

Fed - former ride operator at Da Beach

Well, I don't live there - but my wife and I refer to it as our "second home." And I can tell ya where ya got 'dem shoes!

 

[Benzadmiral]

Taken from just a little below what was then the D.H. Holmes department store on Canal just off Bourbon. You can see the signs for the Loews State Theater and the Saenger in the background.

 

[hatophile]

Maybe some of those hats ended up on Ebay?

 

[Frunobulax]

And another in the Times-Picayune today. This is the Sazerac bar, located in the Roosevelt Hotel. I've stayed here several times and drank in that bar. Next time I'll be sure to have a hat on.

Guy in the lower left corner is hoping his wife doesn't see the photo.:laugh: