Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc.
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12-06-2015, 08:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2015 08:06 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc.
(12-06-2015 06:01 PM)maharba Wrote: I don't know that any event I have ever seen anyone wear one. Now a shinyWhatever you wear and however you do your hair is a statement. (As for the event, top hats - not of stove pipe length though - are regular outfit for equestrian dressage contests: ) |
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12-06-2015, 08:20 PM
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I just have to post this link on top hats and stovepipe hats because it is so rich in detail and, especially, photographs and drawings. Stick through it to the end because there is an interesting trivia section related to the hats.
http://www.victoriana.com/Mens-Clothing/tophats.htm |
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12-06-2015, 08:29 PM
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Great link, Laurie, and just makes me think of this Lautrec which hangs on my bedroom door:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_Rouge:_La_Goulue |
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07-01-2016, 07:52 AM
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RE: Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc.
(12-05-2015 08:10 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:Many thanks to Bill Binzel for shedding light on a probable reason for Abraham Lincoln's head gear choice:(12-05-2015 04:34 AM)maharba Wrote: 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.AFAIK this was the fashion of those days, and most likely (my guess) you can't think of anyone else wearing it because most photos were portraits taken in studios where one wouldn't wear headwear. The President was sure an exception to also take outdoor photos of. Source: Richard Bak: "The Day Lincoln was Shot", p. 7. |
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07-01-2016, 08:11 AM
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Very interesting, Bill and Eva! Thanks for sharing - I never knew this.
I tried to find if a Daniel Webster hat still existed, and indeed there is one in the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth. http://raunerlibrary.blogspot.com/2012/06/realia.html http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jjTt0RRcj40/T9...alia38.jpg |
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07-01-2016, 12:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2016 12:34 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Amazing!!! (IMO the hat was more becoming to Abraham Lincoln than to Webster!)
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