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.
'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 '
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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?
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
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..."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 .
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!
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.
I'm never going to invest in a bowler hat. I inherited my great grandfather's shotgun and bowler hat, both fits perfectly, both are over 100 years old by now...
It struck me watching gatherings of world leaders many years ago that official hats on formal occasions are reserved for military and religious leaders. Everything else is fashion or utility. Except for civilian ladies. I collect those hats and have them going back to my great great grandmother. 😉
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!
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 bowler hat is featured prominently in the movie "Me and My Gal", in which Spencer Tracy buys one upon his promotion to detective in the NYPD. He prefers wearing it cocked to the side, much the amusement of co-star Joan Bennett.
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.
Hello Mr History Guy, How about the phrygian cap, or liberty cap. Anciemt lineage yet used during the U.S.revolution for many purposes, including announcements of "Secret" meetings. Keep up the good work, it's much appreciated - Thanks.
I am retired railroad Man and is studying pictures of the old railroad crews their preferred headgear was the bowler because of its sturdiness and its ability to wear and stay on the train man's head while riding the tops of the cars that's when brakeman were really they would jump from car to car twisting down the the brake wheels with a break club basically an axe handle there is a expression today at the railroad Derby Day it's up for conjecture for just why some play Payday going out on the town or a short easy trip do identify themselves as a trained men they'd wear a badge attached around the hat usually made of brass or some such other those are very collectible
I actually have my father's baden-powell hat from when he was a boy scout and then he continued to wear it as a Boy Scout leader through the 60s and 70s and 80s and on till he passed in 2015 I would like to find someone to pass it onto or it's just going to end up getting destroyed through storage
THG, I have an antique Bowler hat in need of repair. The ribbon edging on the brim, the leather sweat band, and the satin liner. I don't know where to have these repairs (or if I even should) made. Any suggestions?
The “overseas cap” we used in the Marine Corps while I was in were called “piss cutters”. I never heard any reason for the name… but assumed because it resembled a certain part of the female anatomy.
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.
I saw two hats that look the same no one of them for sure has a red lining with a kangaroo hopping it's called traveler by country gentlemen this was such an odd hat and it took a little while for me to grow to like it just sit there for days at Goodwill love it now it's quite unique no one seems to wear it... I'm trying to reshape it myself not quite sure how the original was supposed to look like the brim looks very relaxed in drooping down I did the best I could what kind of straightened that out on one side where it looked lopsided the brim didn't go all the way up to the Hat Rim like on the other side I'm sorry for the wording this and the sorry grammar but here it is.... do you have this hat in to a short video for me
Hats and Caps are different, but both are Headwear but should be treated differently. Caps are typicically with or without peak, Hats typically with a brim. Eg Kepi is not a Hat it is a Cap. Calling a cap a hat can be considered very incorrect eg Bearskin cap, never a Bearskin hat.
The original airing of the campaign hat episode is what truly captured me as a History Guy fan.
The artwork is amazing. It's not every day I get to see old art from the far corners of the globe.
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.
Well this is what I adore about the Internet, and UA-cam on top of it. An hour long video on the history of hats.
An hour on hats with The History Guy? I'm in!
Hats add character and style to an individual ..... Tip of the hat for a grand video sir.
Great information about the hats
'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 '
Back in the Saddle Again Naturally
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
you sir, are an excellent custodian for these relics of historical note. bravo!
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.
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 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
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!
My favorite that I wear daily is a felt Fedora. Like Indiana Jones wore.
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.
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.
what a perfect subject for this channel
Excellent review my man.. As a "hat guy" I found this fascinating...tnx
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!
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.
Really loved learning about hats, especially the campaign hat.
Very good episode, thanks.
30:31 LOL! You got me on that one.
I ❤this stuff..!
when I'm not Jammin, I'm Learning..! 🎸😎
Thanx , History Guy..!!!
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.
I've been looking forward to your (hopefully) hat collection episodes. Thank you!!!!!
Most Excellent use of the photo of R. Lee Ermey -
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.
Very informative and well thought out,
Thank you 😅😊
We should all wear hats more often, they reduce skin cancer.
I love this to avoid cancer. I bet this is true😂
I enjoy all of your content, but this was especially enjoyable and fascinating. Thank you. ❤
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 never been one enthralled with hats 😂. Thanks History Guy.
NY State Troopers still wear the campaign hats.
I had to subscribe - now I know the history of my helmet, sunrigid, fiber (aka pith helmet), down to the last detail!!
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.
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.
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 .
Thank you sir! I love your show!
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!
You should do a video about St. Jude's Hospital, or The Shriner's Hospital
*HATS!* :D Wow quite the history of hats! :D Learned a lot! :D
As a person who proclaims his nationality as Moorish American, we wear the fez and consider it our national headdress.
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.
Okay you got me! I have to go get a fiber hat tomorrow!¡!!
I have to take my hat off to you on this subject
I'm never going to invest in a bowler hat. I inherited my great grandfather's shotgun and bowler hat, both fits perfectly, both are over 100 years old by now...
It struck me watching gatherings of world leaders many years ago that official hats on formal occasions are reserved for military and religious leaders. Everything else is fashion or utility.
Except for civilian ladies. I collect those hats and have them going back to my great great grandmother. 😉
Next May will be the 120th anniversary of the Panama Canal start of construction. How about a video on the Panama hat?
This hat subject needs to be it own series! It could even be its own channel...🤠
*jauntily dons his fedora complete with feather tucked into the band*
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!
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 bowler hat is featured prominently in the movie "Me and My Gal", in which Spencer Tracy buys one upon his promotion to detective in the NYPD. He prefers wearing it cocked to the side, much the amusement of co-star Joan Bennett.
My hats off to this video
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.
Ain't never gonna do it without your fez on, oh, no!
You need to have an Amazon hat store.
Hats off for Lance The History Guy!
Bravo!!
Ian of Forgotten Weapons, who also does historical type content, also did a hat special lol.
Please do an episode on the whoopie cap (Jughead hat).
Hello Mr History Guy, How about the phrygian cap, or liberty cap. Anciemt lineage yet used during the U.S.revolution for many purposes, including announcements of "Secret" meetings. Keep up the good work, it's much appreciated - Thanks.
Awesome, as usual
thanks
I would like to see how you are going to *TOP* _this video._ 😉
*_"How's THAT for a TOPPER!"_*
*-- LIDSVILLE*
I am retired railroad Man and is studying pictures of the old railroad crews their preferred headgear was the bowler because of its sturdiness and its ability to wear and stay on the train man's head while riding the tops of the cars that's when brakeman were really they would jump from car to car twisting down the the brake wheels with a break club basically an axe handle there is a expression today at the railroad Derby Day it's up for conjecture for just why some play Payday going out on the town or a short easy trip do identify themselves as a trained men they'd wear a badge attached around the hat usually made of brass or some such other those are very collectible
The USAF Flight Cap has a more common name I can’t say here. Lol
I had to be proud of
Fabulous! Does anyone know what the hat worn by Ingrid Bergman in the last scene of Casablanca was called?
Could we see a similar video on your challenge coin collection?
I actually have my father's baden-powell hat from when he was a boy scout and then he continued to wear it as a Boy Scout leader through the 60s and 70s and 80s and on till he passed in 2015 I would like to find someone to pass it onto or it's just going to end up getting destroyed through storage
Imagine banning a hat on pain of death... because the hat represents fanaticsm.
Do you have a video that explains what happened in the (roughly) 19 century that brought about extreme prudery?
THG, I have an antique Bowler hat in need of repair. The ribbon edging on the brim, the leather sweat band, and the satin liner. I don't know where to have these repairs (or if I even should) made. Any suggestions?
I have a big head and I struggle to find hats in my size. Any suggestions?
Something the History Guy might do is learn the difference between a hat and a cap.
Bowler hat, Bat Materson
Was the old Pittsburgh Pirates hat a Kepi?
The “overseas cap” we used in the Marine Corps while I was in were called “piss cutters”. I never heard any reason for the name… but assumed because it resembled a certain part of the female anatomy.
Billycock, a corruption of Bowler--Coke (pronounced "cook") Yes?
Nothing about the Picklehaube?
Helmet, Sun, Rigid, Fiber......
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.
US Marines don't wear hats, we wear covers.
listen to steely dans "the fez"
All good hat stories end with the automobile
Hold up. I have the best hat. Nothing beats the 1484 bootlegger 🤣🤣🤣🙌 💯💯💯
I saw two hats that look the same no one of them for sure has a red lining with a kangaroo hopping it's called traveler by country gentlemen this was such an odd hat and it took a little while for me to grow to like it just sit there for days at Goodwill love it now it's quite unique no one seems to wear it... I'm trying to reshape it myself not quite sure how the original was supposed to look like the brim looks very relaxed in drooping down I did the best I could what kind of straightened that out on one side where it looked lopsided the brim didn't go all the way up to the Hat Rim like on the other side I'm sorry for the wording this and the sorry grammar but here it is.... do you have this hat in to a short video for me
When the U.S.A.F. sent me to basic I was given a sun helmet
We'll just leave somethings out....
Hats and Caps are different, but both are Headwear but should be treated differently. Caps are typicically with or without peak, Hats typically with a brim. Eg Kepi is not a Hat it is a Cap. Calling a cap a hat can be considered very incorrect eg Bearskin cap, never a Bearskin hat.