Many of the early baseball caps of the 19th century were copies of steam locomotive engineers who ran the locomotives and the caps of the conductors were hand me downs of the forage caps of the Mexican American War of 1846 til 1848 and were out of use by the American army by 1861. 😊
Love this montage about hats. I have lots of hats myself. My wife makes me keep most of them in storage. I wish I had a pressed fibre hat so I would be stylish in the garden. But I’m a bit surprised that Lance didn’t model all of the hats he talked about so we could see which ones looked best with the bow tie.
The generous care with which you revere each of these hats, and by extension the people and the past connected to them, is unexpectedly moving. Thank you.
Good history of the NPS Stetson and its antecedents. One addition - it is the hat worn by all the cowboys in the paintings of Charlie Russell, who moved to Montana in the 1880s. He cowboyed, and he painted cowboys. Almost always the cowboys are wearing Montana Peak Stetsons almost identical to the NPS hats. The other sources are important, but since Russell's work was so well-known and so iconic that it is likely THE major source for the Ranger hat. (There is some apocryphal evidence that the hat is called the Montana Peak because there is a mountain on a ranch where Russell worked that may be the inspiration for the design.) As an NPS Ranger in Montana, I researched the Ranger's Montana Peak Stetson in depth and came to this conclusion. I have an NPS Montana Peak Stetson made by Stetson, which I appropriately wore on a detail to the Superintendent's office during the 1988 Yellowstone Fire. So that hat has been baptized by fire. It will be a family heirloom.
Great story telling! Never forget a Campaign Hat lifting the bill of my cap up and then poking my forehead rapidly whilst being yelled at for some unknown trivial reason. Memory lane, thanks
in 2010 I was to Costumer that outfitted the two characters at the Houston Texas celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts and since it was focused on England, I contacted the Canadian Boy Scouts and bought one of their versions of the Montana peak which is distinctively different from the American. They also supply me with a knuckle of traditional design which is the slide that slips over the scarf you wear around your neck to hold it in place. They were really nice people up there and we're happy to hear from someone in Texas who admired what they do. Just a bit of trivia for you. And I still have that hat.
My father served as the Scoutmaster of my Boy Scout troop for over a decade. After he passed, I inherited his Baden Powell campaign hat. His hat doesn’t fit, and his shoes are too big for me to fill. God rest you, Dad. I’m 60 years old and you’re still my hero.
Very enjoyable video. I have two hats, my daily hat is nothing more than a typical Sun hat. I was diagnosed with skin cancer some years ago, nothing high and it was removed but I started wearing a hat everyday after that. My other hat is a more fancy bolo hat. Not because I cosplay but because I always like the style of dress of John Steed from The Avengers just like you mention in the video. I had a suite made in a shop and I have the hat and the umbrella. I bring the set out from time to time and dress in it for the day, make me feel like an English gentleman, just for fun for a Canuck that I am
Awesome! I mentioned quite some time ago that I have a brass bugle like the one displayed right behind you. I'd love to learn more about it or share back if I can.
Loved this episode. I used to collect Asian hats from different countries when I was younger and would love learn more about them from the History Guy.
I have recently purchased a hat from optimo Chicago. I love it. They are amazing amazing hat makers. I flew from Sydney Australia to have a fitting and they shipped it back to me.
When I was in the military, what this video seemed to call a flight cap was referred to as a garrison cap. It also had a rude name not fit for the family hour.
That was a really wonderful and even thrilling 56 minutes. A history of the type of helmet ultimately worn by the British police would be very interesting too. Love from England.
For some reason, I assumed there would surely be some history of Stetson in here. In retrospect, there was probably too much packed into this episode to single out Stetson and add more. Thank you for the coverage.
When I worked for the USDA Forest Service we used to call the campaign hat a "Gifford Pinchot". He famously sported the hat and helped to make it popular among foresters, besides all the other thing Mr. Pinchot was known for.
'Which tree?' reminds me of a joke a friend once told about cars in sparsely populated north Dakota. Instead of the usual license plate, they just named the cars. 'Bob (the car) has been seen parked outside Betty's house, and we have to wonder '
At the risk of dominating comments, another giant of British comedy, Sir Billy Connolly is credited as the originator of the following statement. "Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a Tea cosy, does not try it on..."
I've heard American Bison were used to make felt and beaver was considered the premier fur for felt but it had to be in prime condition. My Grandfather's favorite had was the Boston. It is mine also, he used it for business and formal attire. He was a very dapper fellow when he was 20ish, in his fifties he looked like a tree farmer( which he was) grey slacks with a crease, tan leather suspenders, his grey old grey Boston and a medium briar to smoke, you can tell I was a child then as the first garments I identify are his slacks, he wore old black leather business shoes . I never once saw him wearing a bowler my brother bought one and used it in a school play.
I love everytime you bring up that you are from South dakota. I live I rapid city my self and love hearing about yours and your families history in the area and knowing I've been to those places.
I had a dream about hats last night. Then I wake up to TH-cam randomly sending me this video. I think this is Gods way of showing me his ability to predict the future.
I bought and wore a western style hat call a Bull Riders Hat - it was a cowboy style black hat with a 6.5" crown an a 5.5" wide brim with a black ribbon around the crown, it was 3x felt wool with a red silk liner and leather sweat band - it was a 1975 issue made by the American Hat Co. of Houston Texas - i wore that mostly in the winter time because of it weight and held head heat to well for warm weather use - i gave that hat to a young man in 2009 because he loved it and still wears today - at this point in time that hat is 48 years old, almost a antique hat lol
In the early 80’s I was in the US Navy on Diego Garcia. Our working uniform of the day was khaki shorts, t-shirt and a pith helmet along with our black boots. Fashionable eh?
I bought a Pith Helmet a couple years back as a part of a possible Halloween costume, but soon saw the utility of it on hot sunny days. Since it is a helmet, only the headband is in contact with the head, and so there is much, much more air circulation than any other sun hat.
I have to wear hats because of medication I take as well as the health issue the medication helps. In particular I have to make sure my face is shaded from the sun. I have found that a brim of at least 4” is the size that best does the job. Anything less will leave the lower part of my face exposed. Baseball caps are out of the question. They really only shade the eyes and then only when your head is in a certain position. Trying to find hatboxes to store them in is a challenge.
The press fiber hat is still used by the US Post Office. It’s not a mandatory piece of head ware, they can wear many styles, but I have seen it worn on hot or rainy days
When I was a kid, we visited the tiny workshop in Hertfordshire where they made the tall (then) bearskin hats as seen on the bonces of the U.K. Royal guards. The shape was formed by bent bamboo and the helmet was very heavy - no wonder those guys sometimes faint in hot weather.
I once read that the Stetson hat was invented (sort of) by a yokel from St. Louis who thought it was easy to make a fortune out west. He wore a bowler hat but the hot sun burned his neck so he attached some rags to the brim. He only lasted about 2 weeks but his hat impressed the locals who ordered a hat like "Stetsons" for the same reason.
I really enjoy your history lessons, both exciting and informative. This episode on hats was very groovy. I would love to know more about the style of the pith hat warn in the movie Jumanji by the English wild game hunter.
You know what would really crack me up? If History Guy would do a brief bit on goofy hats, like Galactus' hat (the fictional character who created Silver Surfer), or the Pope's miter hat.
hello Lance, in 1986 I got to spend three days at the hat makers Sidney Patey and Company, who manufacture some of the hats for locks in the West End. I was informed that they call the bowler hat a Coke, not Cook, after the name of the man who commissioned it. he wanted a safety hat what we would call a crash helmet today and the way the hat is still made is this. It is shellacked gossamer, built up in layer after layer of thin gossamer cloth and shellacked to make it very very hard. Therefore the hat Has to be shaped to your head and they have a machine which measures that. Then a fur felt hood is pressed over it and the brim is curled under heat and the binding and liner put in. Wool felt hats in the hat trade are considered the cheapest of hats very low class and not terribly good because they will get bent out of shape when wet. They have to mix alcohol and water and a light shellac and paint it on the inside of a wool or fur felt hat to make it stiff. But by using the shellacked gossamer, which is used to make the fore and aft navel hat and a silk top hat is the method actually employed at Locke's If you want to hear some very interesting details on how real top hats are still made and the materials that are no longer available to make them as nice as they used to be feel free to get in touch with me. Randel
The N-3 Tropical Helmet AKA... Helmet, Sun, Rigid. Also, Pressed, Fiber, Sun Helmet. I wished I had one of these issued to me when I was in Egypt. We were issued the Boonie Hats in OD and the Aussie slouch hats in OD and OD fatigue caps. All of which I still have. USAF Ret. I am a Shriner also and walk because of them when I was a child. I wear my FEZ with pride and honor as a life member of El Katif Shrine in Spokane Washington. One-half of our airport in Spokane is still known as Geiger Field since 1941. The Campaign hats used by the instructors in Basic Training use the brim of the hat as their boundary for getting into a person's personal space when they need to get their point across an individual.
I have ball caps, but think that flat caps are cooler.. I prefer real hats. My favorite hats are the fedoras and I have a dozen, but bowlers and porkpies are also good. Great episode!
Great video. Fun fact, the town in Oregon where your Fez came from Alsea, is pronounced Al-sea not Al-se-a. I’ve purchased a fishing license there many times and was corrected the first time I said it wrong to a local.
*a good hat projects the personality of the wearer without shouting...the older the hat the more it becomes associated with whomever it is attached to*
Hallucigenia! I don't think I've ever heard someone say that name before. You make a good point that inclusive fitness depends on all the other features in the environment. Thanks.
The Fez. Iconic in the UK due to the late, great Tommy Cooper. A giant of a man and a legendary theatrical comedian. Not just because of Dr Who, who came much much later
A man without hats is a man without heart I wore different hats and helmets on duty , and now that I am retired I have probably 40 different hats to suit my mood from formal to informal , I spent $600 having a hat maker reproduce a hat that I had of someone who shaped my life from an Israeli photographer taken on tour when the Italian conductor performed several concerts in the 1920’s . I love hats although most I commonly wear have short ,rolled or no rear brim because it gets messed up by my power wheelchair headrest .
In 1940 when my Grandad joined the Army his first hat that was issued to him was a Campaign hat . He was at the time a private in the Cavalry at Ft Riley KS where everyone wore the hats. He went on to be a First Sgt. with the 3Rd Armor Div. in Europe during the war and wore his as an NCO throughout the war.
I’ve seen the silly walking gentleman in Monty Python wear a bowler hat, this inspired the Muppet character Monty from Sesame Street, who also wore a bowler hat.
Hats and their history is long and varied. besides "Smokey Bear" my best memory of a "Campaign Hat" Is Marine Gunnery Sargent R. Lee Embry" He was the real deal, and his playing HIS part in movies and his show "Mail Call" was easy for him, he just played himself. I still smile a little when I remember his growling remarks about maggots and his right in your face demeanor. Men like him are what made our military men the best in the world, and the hat was always present. Rest in peace Gunnie. "Ooh Rah". I served in the Navy. I wore the classic "White Hat", when not working, then a blue, black, or "Unit" color ball cap was worn. The flat hat was long gone by my service time. there was a time when the hat "made the man". Every man wore a hat. By the time I was old enough to wear one they had gone out of style. Too bad. '-)
I’ve been a fan of hat’s for a long time now and with it he history guy I’m thinking of becoming a collector as well among my many collections that I have to restart because I’ve lost them sometime ago.
The OPEN ROAD by Stetson, worn by HST, Ike and LBJ is sometimes confused by those not knowledgeable as a "cowboy hat" but it is a Western Hat worn by gentlemen. My favorite hat!
The 1858 forage cap is essentially an earlier model dress Shako with the stiffening removed, if you hold one by the crown so that it hangs rather than sits crumpled and put it beside the 1850s shako, it's the same right down to the stitching. Just made floppy. I've worn one or the other for years in living history at work. Personally, I much prefer the Kepi style forage cap, the bummer looks very unprofessional to me, but it's just a personal choice. I wear the WWI campaign hat when we dress in that era at work, it is a wonderfully comfortable hat for summer wear!
I was 7 years old when the Rosenberg's were executed. I remember the news surrounding and leading up to the event. One of my uncles was a Mason and a Shriner. I remember him wearing a Fez on several occasions. The "garrison hat" in the Navy, (when I was in it in the late 1960's) was some times called (unofficially), a "Pi*s Cutter". It was mostly worn by Officers though some Chiefs worn as well. Don't ask me why it was called that. You still haven't talked about the Navy "White Hat" or seemingly have one in your collection.
US Cav, the cord colors are almost correct as you've mention. Gold is for field grades. Company grade officers wear the black and gold. I think Warrants wear silver.
here in the United States, always following a fashion set by a victor, when the French lost the war in 1870 we got rid of all the dumpy looking French uniforms and hats in adopt a depression style and the nice short haircuts. This is a tailoring feature you need to be aware of if you were going to do Civil War reenacting. The sleeves of your coats need to be real wide at the elbows and a bit off the shoulders giving it that kind of don't be mid century French look which is desirable for the time.
It's crazy how I didn't know I needed to know more about hats. The History Guy is a treasure. I wish teachers today just taught kids history instead of indoctrinating them with their own beliefs and agenda. If I have a child I am definitely introducing them to your channel. They can learn and be highly entertained. The History Guy can make a video on the History of Staples and I would watch.
The Fez, red from the pigment found in the ancient city of Fez, in Morocco, is worn by almost all Moroccan men, muslim men all over the world, and Shriners - as well as others, I suspect. I saw them everywhere growing up in North Africa, a natural part of a man's fashion! Stylish and attractive.
An hour on hats with The History Guy? I'm in!
The original airing of the campaign hat episode is what truly captured me as a History Guy fan.
Well this is what I adore about the Internet, and TH-cam on top of it. An hour long video on the history of hats.
How can we discuss hats without the iconic baseball hat!?!
Incredible history of just hats has been great fun!
Very good sir. 👍
Many of the early baseball caps of the 19th century were copies of steam locomotive engineers who ran the locomotives and the caps of the conductors were hand me downs of the forage caps of the Mexican American War of 1846 til 1848 and were out of use by the American army by 1861. 😊
Love this montage about hats. I have lots of hats myself. My wife makes me keep most of them in storage. I wish I had a pressed fibre hat so I would be stylish in the garden. But I’m a bit surprised that Lance didn’t model all of the hats he talked about so we could see which ones looked best with the bow tie.
Hats add character and style to an individual ..... Tip of the hat for a grand video sir.
The artwork is amazing. It's not every day I get to see old art from the far corners of the globe.
The generous care with which you revere each of these hats, and by extension the people and the past connected to them, is unexpectedly moving. Thank you.
Good history of the NPS Stetson and its antecedents. One addition - it is the hat worn by all the cowboys in the paintings of Charlie Russell, who moved to Montana in the 1880s. He cowboyed, and he painted cowboys. Almost always the cowboys are wearing Montana Peak Stetsons almost identical to the NPS hats. The other sources are important, but since Russell's work was so well-known and so iconic that it is likely THE major source for the Ranger hat. (There is some apocryphal evidence that the hat is called the Montana Peak because there is a mountain on a ranch where Russell worked that may be the inspiration for the design.)
As an NPS Ranger in Montana, I researched the Ranger's Montana Peak Stetson in depth and came to this conclusion.
I have an NPS Montana Peak Stetson made by Stetson, which I appropriately wore on a detail to the Superintendent's office during the 1988 Yellowstone Fire. So that hat has been baptized by fire. It will be a family heirloom.
Great story telling! Never forget a Campaign Hat lifting the bill of my cap up and then poking my forehead rapidly whilst being yelled at for some unknown trivial reason. Memory lane, thanks
in 2010 I was to Costumer that outfitted the two characters at the Houston Texas celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts and since it was focused on England, I contacted the Canadian Boy Scouts and bought one of their versions of the Montana peak which is distinctively different from the American. They also supply me with a knuckle of traditional design which is the slide that slips over the scarf you wear around your neck to hold it in place. They were really nice people up there and we're happy to hear from someone in Texas who admired what they do. Just a bit of trivia for you. And I still have that hat.
I have a photo of my grandfather in the 1890's on the Navajo Indian reservation in New Mexico. He is wearing a Bowler hat!
My father served as the Scoutmaster of my Boy Scout troop for over a decade. After he passed, I inherited his Baden Powell campaign hat.
His hat doesn’t fit, and his shoes are too big for me to fill.
God rest you, Dad. I’m 60 years old and you’re still my hero.
Very enjoyable video. I have two hats, my daily hat is nothing more than a typical Sun hat. I was diagnosed with skin cancer some years ago, nothing high and it was removed but I started wearing a hat everyday after that. My other hat is a more fancy bolo hat. Not because I cosplay but because I always like the style of dress of John Steed from The Avengers just like you mention in the video. I had a suite made in a shop and I have the hat and the umbrella. I bring the set out from time to time and dress in it for the day, make me feel like an English gentleman, just for fun for a Canuck that I am
Awesome! I mentioned quite some time ago that I have a brass bugle like the one displayed right behind you. I'd love to learn more about it or share back if I can.
Loved this episode. I used to collect Asian hats from different countries when I was younger and would love learn more about them from the History Guy.
Always amazing in making connections between people and events,
Great information about the hats
I have recently purchased a hat from optimo Chicago. I love it. They are amazing amazing hat makers.
I flew from Sydney Australia to have a fitting and they shipped it back to me.
There’s another name for the flight cap. And it’s not repeatable here. Love this series! Have a more than a few collectible hats myself.
When I was in the military, what this video seemed to call a flight cap was referred to as a garrison cap. It also had a rude name not fit for the family hour.
That was a really wonderful and even thrilling 56 minutes. A history of the type of helmet ultimately worn by the British police would be very interesting too. Love from England.
You have me convinced ... The FEZ is the Top Hat!
For some reason, I assumed there would surely be some history of Stetson in here. In retrospect, there was probably too much packed into this episode to single out Stetson and add more. Thank you for the coverage.
When I worked for the USDA Forest Service we used to call the campaign hat a "Gifford Pinchot". He famously sported the hat and helped to make it popular among foresters, besides all the other thing Mr. Pinchot was known for.
'Which tree?' reminds me of a joke a friend once told about cars in sparsely populated north Dakota. Instead of the usual license plate, they just named the cars. 'Bob (the car) has been seen parked outside Betty's house, and we have to wonder '
At the risk of dominating comments, another giant of British comedy, Sir Billy Connolly is credited as the originator of the following statement.
"Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a Tea cosy, does not try it on..."
Thank you for starting my day with a great laugh. I have an image of Billy wearing a tea cozy that’s probably going to make me laugh all day!
I've heard American Bison were used to make felt and beaver was considered the premier fur for felt but it had to be in prime condition. My Grandfather's favorite had was the Boston. It is mine also, he used it for business and formal attire. He was a very dapper fellow when he was 20ish, in his fifties he looked like a tree farmer( which he was) grey slacks with a crease, tan leather suspenders, his grey old grey Boston and a medium briar to smoke, you can tell I was a child then as the first garments I identify are his slacks, he wore old black leather business shoes . I never once saw him wearing a bowler my brother bought one and used it in a school play.
I love everytime you bring up that you are from South dakota. I live I rapid city my self and love hearing about yours and your families history in the area and knowing I've been to those places.
I had a dream about hats last night. Then I wake up to TH-cam randomly sending me this video. I think this is Gods way of showing me his ability to predict the future.
I bought and wore a western style hat call a Bull Riders Hat - it was a cowboy style black hat with a 6.5" crown an a 5.5" wide brim with a black ribbon around the crown, it was 3x felt wool with a red silk liner and leather sweat band - it was a 1975 issue made by the American Hat Co. of Houston Texas - i wore that mostly in the winter time because of it weight and held head heat to well for warm weather use - i gave that hat to a young man in 2009 because he loved it and still wears today - at this point in time that hat is 48 years old, almost a antique hat lol
In the early 80’s I was in the US Navy on Diego Garcia. Our working uniform of the day was khaki shorts, t-shirt and a pith helmet along with our black boots. Fashionable eh?
you sir, are an excellent custodian for these relics of historical note. bravo!
I bought a Pith Helmet a couple years back as a part of a possible Halloween costume, but soon saw the utility of it on hot sunny days. Since it is a helmet, only the headband is in contact with the head, and so there is much, much more air circulation than any other sun hat.
The great advantage of a pith helmet is that it can be soaked over night. As it dries in the sun it cools the head by evaporating cooling.
@@davidsterry786 I need to try that.
I have to wear hats because of medication I take as well as the health issue the medication helps. In particular I have to make sure my face is shaded from the sun. I have found that a brim of at least 4” is the size that best does the job. Anything less will leave the lower part of my face exposed. Baseball caps are out of the question. They really only shade the eyes and then only when your head is in a certain position. Trying to find hatboxes to store them in is a challenge.
I really enjoyed that episode about hats. THG, you are one hell of a gentleman in all hats. And my longest subscribed channel.
The press fiber hat is still used by the US Post Office. It’s not a mandatory piece of head ware, they can wear many styles, but I have seen it worn on hot or rainy days
You can make a relatively simple subject into a fascinating nearly one hour special! Thanks
Excellent review my man.. As a "hat guy" I found this fascinating...tnx
When I was a kid, we visited the tiny workshop in Hertfordshire where they made the tall (then) bearskin hats as seen on the bonces of the U.K. Royal guards. The shape was formed by bent bamboo and the helmet was very heavy - no wonder those guys sometimes faint in hot weather.
Back in the Saddle Again Naturally
Aaah! Levine Hats. Only one thing to love about beautiful, downtown St. Louis. I spent way too much money there and enjoy it still.
I once read that the Stetson hat was invented (sort of) by a yokel from St. Louis who thought it was easy to make a fortune out west. He wore a bowler hat but the hot sun burned his neck so he attached some rags to the brim. He only lasted about 2 weeks but his hat impressed the locals who ordered a hat like "Stetsons" for the same reason.
I really enjoy your history lessons, both exciting and informative. This episode on hats was very groovy. I would love to know more about the style of the pith hat warn in the movie Jumanji by the English wild game hunter.
I've never been one enthralled with hats 😂. Thanks History Guy.
NY State Troopers still wear the campaign hats.
Really loved learning about hats, especially the campaign hat.
Very good episode, thanks.
You know what would really crack me up? If History Guy would do a brief bit on goofy hats, like Galactus' hat (the fictional character who created Silver Surfer), or the Pope's miter hat.
30:31 LOL! You got me on that one.
hello Lance, in 1986 I got to spend three days at the hat makers Sidney Patey and Company, who manufacture some of the hats for locks in the West End. I was informed that they call the bowler hat a Coke, not Cook, after the name of the man who commissioned it. he wanted a safety hat what we would call a crash helmet today and the way the hat is still made is this. It is shellacked gossamer, built up in layer after layer of thin gossamer cloth and shellacked to make it very very hard. Therefore the hat Has to be shaped to your head and they have a machine which measures that. Then a fur felt hood is pressed over it and the brim is curled under heat and the binding and liner put in. Wool felt hats in the hat trade are considered the cheapest of hats very low class and not terribly good because they will get bent out of shape when wet. They have to mix alcohol and water and a light shellac and paint it on the inside of a wool or fur felt hat to make it stiff. But by using the shellacked gossamer, which is used to make the fore and aft navel hat and a silk top hat is the method actually employed at Locke's If you want to hear some very interesting details on how real top hats are still made and the materials that are no longer available to make them as nice as they used to be feel free to get in touch with me. Randel
Yes, Coke hat, after Baron Coke.
Howard Cunningham had a hat he wore because he was a Grand Poobah of a group of hardware store owners called The Leopard Lodge.
You remember that episode too. A lot of good series came out in the'70s.
Very informative and well thought out,
Thank you 😅😊
Most Excellent use of the photo of R. Lee Ermey -
The N-3 Tropical Helmet AKA... Helmet, Sun, Rigid. Also, Pressed, Fiber, Sun Helmet. I wished I had one of these issued to me when I was in Egypt. We were issued the Boonie Hats in OD and the Aussie slouch hats in OD and OD fatigue caps. All of which I still have. USAF Ret. I am a Shriner also and walk because of them when I was a child. I wear my FEZ with pride and honor as a life member of El Katif Shrine in Spokane Washington. One-half of our airport in Spokane is still known as Geiger Field since 1941. The Campaign hats used by the instructors in Basic Training use the brim of the hat as their boundary for getting into a person's personal space when they need to get their point across an individual.
Glad I found this channel. I used to love all the world's flag as a kid. I don't collect hats though. I collect t shirts.
My favorite that I wear daily is a felt Fedora. Like Indiana Jones wore.
This hat subject needs to be it own series! It could even be its own channel...🤠
I have ball caps, but think that flat caps are cooler.. I prefer real hats. My favorite hats are the fedoras and I have a dozen, but bowlers and porkpies are also good. Great episode!
Great video. Fun fact, the town in Oregon where your Fez came from Alsea, is pronounced Al-sea not Al-se-a. I’ve purchased a fishing license there many times and was corrected the first time I said it wrong to a local.
I had to subscribe - now I know the history of my helmet, sunrigid, fiber (aka pith helmet), down to the last detail!!
*a good hat projects the personality of the wearer without shouting...the older the hat the more it becomes associated with whomever it is attached to*
Hallucigenia! I don't think I've ever heard someone say that name before. You make a good point that inclusive fitness depends on all the other features in the environment. Thanks.
The Fez. Iconic in the UK due to the late, great Tommy Cooper. A giant of a man and a legendary theatrical comedian. Not just because of Dr Who, who came much much later
That’s a hat!
A man without hats is a man without heart I wore different hats and helmets on duty , and now that I am retired I have probably 40 different hats to suit my mood from formal to informal , I spent $600 having a hat maker reproduce a hat that I had of someone who shaped my life from an Israeli photographer taken on tour when the Italian conductor performed several concerts in the 1920’s . I love hats although most I commonly wear have short ,rolled or no rear brim because it gets messed up by my power wheelchair headrest .
The old school cowboy hat was once described as a hat that protects your head, shades your body, allows you to water your horse, to drink from.
I've been looking forward to your (hopefully) hat collection episodes. Thank you!!!!!
I enjoy all of your content, but this was especially enjoyable and fascinating. Thank you. ❤
what a perfect subject for this channel
In 1940 when my Grandad joined the Army his first hat that was issued to him was a Campaign hat . He was at the time a private in the Cavalry at Ft Riley KS where everyone wore the hats. He went on to be a First Sgt. with the 3Rd Armor Div. in Europe during the war and wore his as an NCO throughout the war.
I ❤this stuff..!
when I'm not Jammin, I'm Learning..! 🎸😎
Thanx , History Guy..!!!
You forgot the famous fez wearer, Morocco Mole!
Hats off for Lance The History Guy!
We should all wear hats more often, they reduce skin cancer.
I love this to avoid cancer. I bet this is true😂
I found my pressed fiber hat at a Goodwill Outlet. Only cost about 25 cents!
I’ve seen the silly walking gentleman in Monty Python wear a bowler hat, this inspired the Muppet character Monty from Sesame Street, who also wore a bowler hat.
Hats and their history is long and varied. besides "Smokey Bear" my best memory of a "Campaign Hat" Is Marine Gunnery Sargent R. Lee Embry" He was the real deal, and his playing HIS part in movies and his show "Mail Call" was easy for him, he just played himself. I still smile a little when I remember his growling remarks about maggots and his right in your face demeanor. Men like him are what made our military men the best in the world, and the hat was always present. Rest in peace Gunnie. "Ooh Rah".
I served in the Navy. I wore the classic "White Hat", when not working, then a blue, black, or "Unit" color ball cap was worn. The flat hat was long gone by my service time.
there was a time when the hat "made the man". Every man wore a hat. By the time I was old enough to wear one they had gone out of style. Too bad. '-)
I’ve been a fan of hat’s for a long time now and with it he history guy I’m thinking of becoming a collector as well among my many collections that I have to restart because I’ve lost them sometime ago.
*HATS!* :D Wow quite the history of hats! :D Learned a lot! :D
The OPEN ROAD by Stetson, worn by HST, Ike and LBJ is sometimes confused by those not knowledgeable as a "cowboy hat" but it is a Western Hat worn by gentlemen.
My favorite hat!
The 1858 forage cap is essentially an earlier model dress Shako with the stiffening removed, if you hold one by the crown so that it hangs rather than sits crumpled and put it beside the 1850s shako, it's the same right down to the stitching. Just made floppy. I've worn one or the other for years in living history at work. Personally, I much prefer the Kepi style forage cap, the bummer looks very unprofessional to me, but it's just a personal choice.
I wear the WWI campaign hat when we dress in that era at work, it is a wonderfully comfortable hat for summer wear!
Okay you got me! I have to go get a fiber hat tomorrow!¡!!
How many of you can't wait to see "History Guy's" next edition to see his new tie?! Mesmerizing...
The Tie Bar is kind enough to provide bow ties. I have… many.
5 great stories. Thank you.
the haven for hats love it
Ain't never gonna do it without your fez on, oh, no!
I was 7 years old when the Rosenberg's were executed. I remember the news surrounding and leading up to the event.
One of my uncles was a Mason and a Shriner. I remember him wearing a Fez on several occasions.
The "garrison hat" in the Navy, (when I was in it in the late 1960's) was some times called (unofficially), a "Pi*s Cutter". It was mostly worn by Officers though some Chiefs worn as well. Don't ask me why it was called that.
You still haven't talked about the Navy "White Hat" or seemingly have one in your collection.
Thank you sir! I love your show!
US Cav, the cord colors are almost correct as you've mention. Gold is for field grades. Company grade officers wear the black and gold. I think Warrants wear silver.
"You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers!"
I have to take my hat off to you on this subject
Thank you History Guy
Bowler hat: Meet the Robinsons
Fez: The Flintstones
Fedora: Perry the Playpus
I also know my hats by their cartoons. 😅
here in the United States, always following a fashion set by a victor, when the French lost the war in 1870 we got rid of all the dumpy looking French uniforms and hats in adopt a depression style and the nice short haircuts. This is a tailoring feature you need to be aware of if you were going to do Civil War reenacting. The sleeves of your coats need to be real wide at the elbows and a bit off the shoulders giving it that kind of don't be mid century French look which is desirable for the time.
As a person who proclaims his nationality as Moorish American, we wear the fez and consider it our national headdress.
It's crazy how I didn't know I needed to know more about hats. The History Guy is a treasure. I wish teachers today just taught kids history instead of indoctrinating them with their own beliefs and agenda. If I have a child I am definitely introducing them to your channel. They can learn and be highly entertained. The History Guy can make a video on the History of Staples and I would watch.
The Fez, red from the pigment found in the ancient city of Fez, in Morocco, is worn by almost all Moroccan men, muslim men all over the world, and Shriners - as well as others, I suspect. I saw them everywhere growing up in North Africa, a natural part of a man's fashion! Stylish and attractive.
You should do a video about St. Jude's Hospital, or The Shriner's Hospital
Fabulous! Does anyone know what the hat worn by Ingrid Bergman in the last scene of Casablanca was called?
My hats off to this video
Great stuff!
Awesome, as usual