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NorthernBloke

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Not a bad suggestion, thanks. They used to put flour on their clothes on stage btw to make their clothes look more worn, Bolero hats with flat crowns look a bit similar but are a bit shorter.
 
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Carl Mccoy of the gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim (anyone know what kind of hats these are? thanks.)
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In the first photo you posted, the shape reminds me of what is sometimes referred to as a "John Bull Top Hat" or "Coachman's Hat", i.e. coach drivers in "Victorian" England wore them while they drove their coaches around town:

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The hat in the photos of Carl is a little more simplified--less taper on the crown, relatively flat brim--but they both have the same basic shape. Not an exact match, but at least a starting point for your search.
 

Rmccamey

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Yes, a coach hat is probably the closest actual style of hat to the first picture. Like you, however, I think is probably an old, abused top hat, or more likely, some goth costume knockoff.

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In the first photo you posted, the shape reminds me of what is sometimes referred to as a "John Bull Top Hat" or "Coachman's Hat", i.e. coach drivers in "Victorian" England wore them while they drove their coaches around town:

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The hat in the photos of Carl is a little more simplified--less taper on the crown, relatively flat brim--but they both have the same basic shape. Not an exact match, but at least a starting point for your search.
 
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William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (left, 1846 - 1917) with friend & sometime stand-in Dr. William DeVeny (right, 1852- 1918). Pic from 1914.

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Pic from early 1917, shortly before Cody’s death.

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Samuel Franklin Cowdery (1867 - 1913) who changed his name to S. F. Cody & claimed to be William F. Cody’s son. Cowdery relocated to Europe where he tried to establish his own Wild West Show but ended up in theater. He died at the young age of 46 in a crash while working on the manned flight of a war kite to replace reconnaissance hot-air ballons for the British before WWI. It is said the kite broke apart with Cowdery & an observer aloft at 200 ft.

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