Now that's a tall crown...

[Warbaby]

Interesting hat from the 1920s - has anyone seen one one like it or know what it is?

 

[HatSoup]

Is it possible he's wearing the hat sideways with the crown snapped up?

 

[RP McMurphy]

Open crown...? The brim doesn't have much shape to it either...

 

[Not-Bogart13]

Funny pic! I'm with Soup on this one, though. I think the guy was messing around, and turned his fedora sideways. That would severely warp the brim, and a center dent might look that tall if worn that way.

He sure looks happy, whoever he is.

 

[Woodfluter]

I dunno...all I'll say is, if I were riding with him, I'd want the terrier to do the driving.

 

[Mario]

Now THAT is a tall crown...

No, it's not a topper...

 

[Not-Bogart13]

Looks like a very tall bowler to me. Somehow, with his long face, it almost works.

 

[Warbaby]

No, it's not a topper...

Hat design by Dr. Seuss...

 

[Mario]

Hat design by Dr. Seuss...

There you go!

 

[HatSoup]

I once saw a hat with a crown so tall it had to be supported by buttresses.

 

[Mario]

I once saw a hat with a crown so tall it had to be supported by buttresses.

Hmm...I have images of gothic architecture coming to mind...

 

[hatflick1]

lemon squeezer tall crowns

Some of these NZ military numbers also feature an extreme crown height...and point!

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/nz-slouch.htm