06-20-2009, 06:25 AM
Good observation. I agree with all the points above and would agree that men probably stopped wearing them on a regular/every day basis in the 1960s. They definitely wore them through the 1950s -- just have a look at old movies and TV shows and that will pretty much give you an idea.
On a slightly different topic, it used to bother my Dad when he saw train engineers (either on modern diesels or on preserved steam engines) wearing baseball caps or not wearing hats at all. He said that they should be wearing the traditional striped engineers' hats and not look like the Maytag man! But I think those hats were a product of the steam era and they were practical back then.
Cheers,
Rob
On a slightly different topic, it used to bother my Dad when he saw train engineers (either on modern diesels or on preserved steam engines) wearing baseball caps or not wearing hats at all. He said that they should be wearing the traditional striped engineers' hats and not look like the Maytag man! But I think those hats were a product of the steam era and they were practical back then.
Cheers,
Rob
Rob
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