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2. Uniforms of the Confederate States Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   The hat was normally a floppy, wide brimmed, woolen body head-cover, meant to protect the individual from the sun, and inclement weather. It was normally a civilian hat, of brown, gray, or black wool. This simple hat saw widespread use throughout the Confederate Armies, and even with U.S. Army personnel. Occasionally, the hat was adorned with ...

3. John B. Stetson - Wikipedia

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   These lightweight hats were natural in color with four inch crowns and brims; a plain strap was used for the band. [14] Due to the time he had spent with cowboys and Western settlers, Stetson knew firsthand that the headwear they wore (such as coonskin caps, sea captain hats, straw hats, and wool derbies) were impractical. He decided to offer ...

4. Cowboy hat - Wikipedia

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   A felt cowboy hat A straw cowboy hat. The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy.Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western, midwestern, and southern United States, western Canada and northern Mexico, with many country music, regional Mexican and Sertanejo ...

5. How ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘1923’ Made Cowboy Hats Chic Again

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   When legendary Western hatter John B. Stetson invented the first commercially manufactured cowboy hat in 1865, he probably didn’t expect it would become a major fashion accessory more than a ...

6. Boss of the Plains - Wikipedia

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   Buffalo Bill had custom hats with very wide brims made for his Wild West shows, with later designs created for Hollywood including the Tom Mix style "ten-gallon" hats used in Western films. Over time, the working cowboy hat of the ranch cowboy, as modified by popular entertainers and rodeo competitors, became an essential part of the cowboy image.

7. Cavalry Stetson - Wikipedia

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   WASHINGTON, APRIL 1, 2011 -- In a fingertip-to-the-brim nod to its American frontier history, the Army is changing hats again - returning to the tumultuous days of the horse Cavalry in the wild west and adopting a dark blue Stetson as the official headgear for the current force of 1.1 million Soldiers.