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c. 1910 top hat by Alfred Bertiel European royalty c. 1859 Austin Lane Crothers, 46th Governor of Maryland (1908–1912), wearing a top hat A top hat (also called a high hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat.
Female worker at Christy's hat factory, 1843. The firm developed manufacturing interests in Bermondsey and Stockport, and Christy was a founder of the London Joint Stock Bank. [4] In 1824 he was a founder of Christy, Lloyd & Co, the Stockport and East Cheshire Bank, with Isaac Lloyd and two other partners.
On May 27, 1857 John purchased "136.73 acres of Wilmette land, north of Elmwood Avenue, including where Plaza del Lago now stands, from the widow Mary Dennis for $13,173." [4] Though, after searching for warmer weather the couple decided to move to and settle in Vineland, New Jersey in 1864. The family would make large donations to the County ...
Wilmette's commuter railroad station is at Green Bay Road between Central and Lake Avenues. The North Shore Line served Wilmette from 1899 until 1955. [6] [31] Wilmette ran its own local bus service for 20 years, 1974 to 1994, Wilmette Wilbus, until PACE took over the 3 routes and the bus fleet in January 1995. Routes 421, 422, 423 and the 213 ...
The trailing skirts which were very tight showing skin and broad-brimmed hats of mid-decade narrower dresses and hats with deep crowns. Men wear top hats with formal morning dress or bowlers with lounge suits. Fashion in the period 1900–1909 in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s.
Elzee hat by Levis-Zukoski Mercantile Co of Missouri; Hat by D. B. Fisk & Co. of Chicago, 1917; 1910s fashion drew inspiration from "exotic" countries including Spain and China. 1917 hat by Sinclair, Rooney & Co. of Buffalo, New York; Fall 1918; San Francisco society women wearing face masks during the "Spanish Influenza" pandemic, October 1918.
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John Batterson Stetson (May 5, 1830 – February 18, 1906) was an American hat maker who invented the cowboy hat in the 1860s. He founded the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1865, and it became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the world.