Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat, Etc.
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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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