With nearly 100 years of inflation, the prices for these straw hats would be $45 to $150 today. Yeah, I'll fight to keep my hat from a bunch of yutes.
Posted on 09/23/2019 10:10:21 AM PDT by NRx
Imagine, if you can, a world where the sight of improperly dressed men could spark riots.
Is this something to do with the Susquehanna hat company?
You learn something new every day.
Thanks for posting.
With nearly 100 years of inflation, the prices for these straw hats would be $45 to $150 today. Yeah, I'll fight to keep my hat from a bunch of yutes.
Remember when men dressed like men? I do
I see what you did there!!!
Wow, that was a lawless time. Kinda like the “knockout game” of today. I guess we’re lucky Harold Lloyd was not killed for wearing a straw boater.
“Remember when men dressed like men? I do”
Jeans here about 5 days a year. Shorts the rest ..
This incident was nothing compared to the great Boston White Shoes After Labor Day riot of 1936. That was truly a bloodbath for the ages.
Isn’t that on Beagle Street?
Is that like a Zoot Suit Riot?
30 bucks! A relative bargain!
Now you’ve done it! NOW YOU’VE REALLY DONE IT!
(Duck and cover)
**Is that like a Zoot Suit Riot?***
You mean like the ZOOT SUIT YOKUM riot? (subtle reference to a very ancient Li’l Abner adventure way back in the Dark Ages.)
I absolutely can. When I see a man in a dress or some punk with his pants down to his knees, I can imagine a riot, and subsequent caning, and lobotomy, and..........
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