The Bowler Hat Collection

Images of the unmistakable bowler hat silhouette with its hard felt hat with a narrow brim and a rounded crown which has made it as much of an icon as any of its wearers

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Bowler Hat
A bowler hat is a hard felt hat with a narrow brim and a rounded crown. It was also known as bob hat, billy coke, billycock, bombin and derby

Oscar Wilde
1885: Irish playwright, novelist and wit Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), wearing a checked three-piece suit and bowler hat. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

East Village Church
circa 1895: Men in bowler hats walking on Second Avenue in front of St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, East Village, New York City. (Photo by P. L. Sperr/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Audience Of One
circa 1926: A solitary member of the public seated in front of a band stand, listening to the brass band. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bus Driver
March 1929: A set of instruments on a bus route survey vehicle for measuring distance, gradient and camber on roads used by the London General Omnibus Companys fleet of buses

Bicycle Race
Society ladies ride bicycles around the fountain at City Hall while reenacting an old-style bicycle race in San Francisco, California

Test Cricket
circa 1900: A group of English and Australian cricketers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bowler Hat
circa 1875: A young man in a Victorian bowler hat. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it
Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it travels from Hamburg to New York, December 10, 1906. The Patricia was built by A.G

Men In Boat
circa 1900: A group of men wearing bowler hats and playing instruments in a rowing boat. An English concertina on the left and a button accordion on the right

Street Fair
circa 1900: A small crowd of young boys at Chelsea Bridge Road Fair clustering round a street game. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hampstead Revels
1892: A holiday crowd, complete with Easter bonnets, dancing on Londons Hampstead Heath during the Bank Holiday break from work. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Covent Garden
circa 1870: Covent Garden Market in London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

London Docks
1893: No 1 quay at London docks. Officials are watching a ship being unloaded. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Franco-British Fair
August 1908: The Canada Pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition in London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Mangled Wreckage
15th October 1907: Men inspecting the damage after a train crash at Shrewsbury. The engine was a 4-6-0 Stephenson. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Racegoers
circa 1909: Society racegoers on Derby Day. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Bookmakers
18th April 1908: Bookmakers in the paddock at the Easter race meeting at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Studying The Form
circa 1909: Racegoers in Edwardian dress on Derby Day. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Encounter In New York
A man and a woman on a street in New York City, circa 1900. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

New York Public Library Main Branch
View of the main branch of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42d Street, New York, 1911. Many pedestrians in overcoats and bowler hats walk along the sidewalk

Spectators At Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox supporters in the stands at Fenway Park prior to the start of the World Series, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1912

Wall Street
Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages on Wall Street, with a view of Trinity Church in the background. New York, New York, 1890s. Flags hang from buildings over the street. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Madison Square Park New York
A group of men in hats leans against a railing and watches passersby, Madison Square Park at Fifth Avenue and 23d Street, Manhattan, New York, 1900s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Good Wood Madam
8th July 1939: A lawn bowler raises her hands in satisfaction at a throw. Original Publication: Picture Post - 175 - Good Wood, Madam - pub. 1939 (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Art Collector
26th June 1948: A 90 year old collector, Joseph Granger, with some of his paintings which he has been collecting for fifteen years

In The Stocks
circa 1910: The stocks at the Corby Pole Fair for those who would not pay the toll. The stocks have five holes as people were often confined by one leg only

Sliding Fun
1908: Old men enjoying a slide on the ice while others skate at Cowbit Wash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Blind Beggar
circa 1890: A blind beggar in ragged waistcoat and jacket and wearing a bowler hat. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tricky Balance
1883: A young man in a bowler hat sits on a penny-farthing known as an Ariel, with his foot on a convenient bench. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Giacomo Puccini
Italian operatic composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lady Riders
circa 1907: Two ladies pose in riding habits, on their mounts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Drinkers Of Bidford
circa 1880: Two of the sippers or topers (drinkers) of the village of Bidford, near Stratford-on-Avon, enjoy a drink together. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mormon Traders
circa 1869: Mormons at Salt Lake City, Utah. They are gathered under a sign advertising jewellery from London and Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Headgear For Men
7th May 1959: Men wearing a service hat, a bowler hat and a bearskin hat watch Guard Mountings at the Horse Guards Parade in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Young Gents
February 1958: Eleven year old Major Thompson, dressed as a future diplomat, explores Kensington Gardens in London with his nanny and two friends. (Photo by Russell Knight/BIPs/Getty Images)

Young Gentlemen Dressed as a Future Diplomat
February 1958: Eleven year old Major Thompson, dressed as a future diplomat, explores Kensington Gardens in London with his nanny and two friends. (Photo by Russell Knight/BIPs/Getty Images)

City Commuters
5th October 1954: City workers crossing London Bridge on their way to work on the third day of a bus strike. (Photo by Derek Berwin/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

A man in a bowler hat walking under the arches on the cobbled Wapping High Street, London
3rd December 1949: A man in a bowler hat walking under the arches on the cobbled Wapping High Street, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4931 - The Pool Of London - pub

Into The Darkness Beneath The Metropolis
A man in hat and coat gets off of a subway car the interior of which is plastered with advertising posters for department stores, New York, 1910s. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Get Ahead Get A Hat
31st July 1950: Three bowler hats on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (Photo by Ron Gerelli/Express/Getty Images)

Suitable Suit
November 1959: This city gent has forgotten what his umbrella is for as the rain falls on the streets of London. (Photo by Howell Evans/BIPs/Getty Images)

Coming To America
Image shows passengers and immigrants on the B and C decks towards the aft of the White Star liner RMS Olympic (sister of Titanic) as she sits in port and they await processing, New York, late 1920s

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