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Hats

by The Library of Congress

Fedoras, straw hats, bonnets, sombreros, ballcaps, and more! Hats serve many purposes, from fashion to sun protection, from indication of rank to team name. Take a look at hats of all kinds from the collections of the Prints & Photographs Division.

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Vestibule of Baptist church during Sunday services. Hats belonging to steel and cotton mill workers. Gadsden, Alabama (LOC)

Jim Norris and wife, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

Children in front of moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois (LOC)

The Wick fancy hat bands. Cheer up - show your colors (LOC)

Hopkins, Mrs. A.C. (LOC)

[Kitty Maldonado, Robert Tomei and Sandy Kupchik examine Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider hat] (LOC)

[Pauline Cushman in military-style costume] (LOC)

[Lillian Russell, 1861-1922, bust portrait, facing right, wearing plumed hat] (LOC)

Geraldine Farrar (LOC)

[Milliner and her daughter] (LOC)

Washington, D.C. Officers' and civilians' hats at the New Zealand legation Washington, D.C. (LOC)

Sun hats for horses, Bide-a-Wee Home (LOC)

One of the "smart set" (LOC)

[Marie Dressler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing lamp shade style hat on her head] (LOC)

Little boy, April 25, 1948, 407 Florida Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. (LOC)

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with three unidentified women in bonnets and one unidentified man] (LOC)

Washington Grays Baseball players, January 9, 1947, Griffin [i.e., Griffith] Stadium, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

Vendedor de chapéus (LOC)

A surging sea of sombreros, market, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (LOC)

[Woman in black dress and hat with pearl necklace walking and carrying paper envelope] (LOC)

Men of the community of Pie Town, New Mexico eating at the barbeque (LOC)

Beverly Willis, architect, wearing a hard hat at a construction site (LOC)

Pres. Coolidge with a hat of the Smoki tribesmen of Prescott, Ariz., presented to him by the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, making him a member of the tribe [White House, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

Hats off! Attention men! The national straw hat wearer's association appears on the scene in Washington, D.C. The rules say: wear your straw hat when it is hot. Don't bother about the set dates. Remember, a straw hat on the head is cooler than a straw in

Miss Minnie Coleman (left), clerk, and Miss Selma Barbour (right), manager of the Cecilian Specialty Hat Shop. 454 East 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois (LOC)