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Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc.
12-05-2015, 04:34 AM
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RE: Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc.
I can't think of anyone else wearing that bizarre hat. Was it to try and appear taller I wonder. Abraham Lincoln was 6 foot 3, but so was Washington and Jefferson, and I think Lyndon Johnson was 6 foot 5. I can't remember seeing any of them often even wearing a hat. Looking again through old clippings, his hat was given to preacher Phineas Gurley by Mary Todd Lincoln, and the Estate of Gurley had to sue to try to get it returned from a Lincoln collector.
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RE: Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc. - maharba - 12-05-2015 04:34 AM

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