short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern, A. (1885)
R. Dunlap & Co. (New York, N.Y.) · The Company · leaf 24
wn in our Centennial Exhibition, in 1876, by Dunlap &Co. receiving the first prize for their productions over allcompetition of foreign and domestic manufactures. Figs.86, 87, 88 are three different styles of high hats worn aboutfifty years ago. In the latter part of the eighteenthcentury the… … of men were left without any ornament, but in muchbetter taste and more in keeping with their use thanwere those of old. Hats have not only been used for the practical purposeof covering the head, but from remote time have playedtheir part in many important actions in life. Among theRomans the hat…
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