I HAVE SEEN THE HATS REFERED TO AS BACHELORS HATS BUT DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ONLY WORN BY BACHELORS. OFTEN A MANS HAT SERVED TO STORE HIS TABBACO AND OTHER SMALL ITEMS THE PIPE WAS OFTEN WORN INSERTED THRU THE HAT STRAP AND THE HAIR. PERHAPS A PICTURE OF THE COLLECTION OF ITEMS WOULD ADD TO THE POST AND PERHAPS SOME OTHER ITEMS CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
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