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help with hat ID?

scottyrocks

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This is my grandfather and my mother, circa ~1940, in the Bronx. Anyone wanna take a stab at identifying his hat? It’s not a quiz. I have no idea.

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duggap

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Visit Art Fawcett's site, he has a hat called the Jazzman which would be about the best match I know of for that hat. I am lucky enough to own one and it has the very high crown, and nice straight sides.:p
 

Brad Bowers

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Yes, could be any brand.

One thing, the ribbon on this one is about 1 1/2 inches, maybe 1 5/8 at the most.

Brad
 

scottyrocks

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I'm thinking now that the picture could have been taken in 38 or 39. She looks to be anywhere from 2 to 4, most likely 2 or 3. The hat could be a number of years older than that - early to mid thirties.

Im gonna check out that site now. Thanks for the leads, guys.
 

Goose.

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No value add from me on the ID of the lid.
But how fortunate for you to have such a great picture of your grandfather and mother. Your grandfather looks happy and proud :)
 

scottyrocks

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Thanks, Goose. I'm gonna try to rescan this picture at a higher resolution, and clean it up a little better than it came out for the above post. It needs to be framed and hung up.
 

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