The only thing I don't like about interlibrary loan at my library is that to renew a book I have to call someone on the phone, like it's 1902
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The only thing I don't like about interlibrary loan at my library is that to renew a book I have to call someone on the phone like it's 1902
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
I imagine the librarian on the other end of the phone line wearing a straw boater and looking up from their copy of "Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly" as the phone rings
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
"In the days when all men in Western Europe and the US wore hats when out of doors, 'Straw Hat Day', the day when men switched from wearing their winter hats to their summer hats, was seen as a sign of the beginning of summer. The exact date of Straw Hat Day might vary slightly from place to place. For example, in Philadelphia, it was May 15; at the University of Pennsylvania, it was the second Saturday in May. Its cold-weather counterpart was 'Felt Hat Day', occurring in September or October."
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
If you are curious about exactly why men stopped wearing hats, this book is the best treatment of the subject I have yet encountered.
Hatless Jack
Read 16 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Boaters, derbies, fedoras: until just a generation or two ago, a man's social status, if no…
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Thomas Beaglereplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit I'm curious - does it mention the rise of sunglasses as part of the cause/effect?
I started wearing hats and it made me realize how effective they were at reducing glare from the sun.
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Thomas Beagle last edited by
@thomasbeagle Not really, no. It touches on a lot of causative factors, but not that one.
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Is it less US centric than the cover makes it look? @jalefkowit
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
One of the things I liked about Neil Steinberg's "Hatless Jack" (see post above) is that it is also a labor story.
One of the key allies that enabled the rise of John F. Kennedy was Alex Rose, the president of the hatmakers' union. Rose believed in Kennedy, and worked hard to help make him a national political figure.
But there was one thing on which they could never agree: Kennedy did not like how he looked in a hat. And as Kennedy's prominence grew, this became a real problem for Rose. Because how could the president of the hatmakers' union line up behind a man who wouldn't wear a hat?
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@clew No.
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pictured here not wearing a hat
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@tip Pobody’s nerfect
