Outside a Depot in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1915
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Outside a Depot in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1915
Description
Pictured here is a group of friends posing before the camera outside what appears to be a train station depot in Oskaloosa, Iowa, sometime around the year 1915. What is noteworthy about this picture are the different style of clothing, especially hats, that the men are wearing which were common during the period. The man in the middle of the photograph is wearing a famous derby hat, while the majority of the other men in the photograph are wearing the fashionable flat straw hat known as a straw boater hat. These hats were worn especially in the summer months to keep the head relatively cool still. However, by 1950, the boater hat had lost its touch and its fashion became something of the past.
Creator
Chuck Russell
Source
Chuck Russell
Publisher
Chuck Russell
Date
"2009-06-09"
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Format
still image/jpeg 2000
Type
image
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