With no label it's really hard to investigate clothing.
But then, the lack of the label is, in itself, an indication of the ERA that this was made.
I guess... The important thing about it seems to be the initials sewn into the side of the hat.
I can't imagine what kind of person is so worried about loss or theft...
This style of hat has its roots in 14th century England.. but to me, the minute I see one I think of the newsboys in Annie. or the burglars in old comics. Not that any of that has any bearing whatsoever on the fact that their was an OLD hat in a box in my attic that seems to have belonged to IV. A guy who just vanished 108 years ago.
There is no record of him anywhere after he graduated college. His journal tells of living with his parents for awhile before being summoned to Kitty Hawk to help the Wright Brothers. It also mentions his getting fired... or kicked out... or whatever it is you call it when a free ride in terminated.
I wondered what happened to him...
