Pocket Sized Portrait + Hat Photos

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Series of pocket sized portriat photos I picked up recently. They are very high quality and in great condition.

 

Riga, Latvia 1896 (example of an early Fedora)

 

 

 

Bocum, Germany

 

 

 

Hannover, Germany 1892

 

 

 

Bielefeld, Germany

 

 

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Mainz, Germany, late 19th Century. German style soft felt hat (known as the Fedora, Homburg, Alpine in America at that time). I picked this photo up a while back but never posted it.

 

 

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Austrian young man with hat (1928). I picked up this photo because of the hat's very interesting crease and over welt (?) + binding.

 

 

The photo shop (Foto Hirnschrodt) in Ried im Innkreis, Austria is still in business today.

 

http://www.foto-hirnschrodt.at/

 

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Man wearing a Schützen Homburghut, Hannover-Linden (1900). This shows a different aspect (the original) of the style although the term Homburg was not used in Germany.