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Bowler Hat Collection

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Audience Of One

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Bus Driver

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Young Gents

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: London Docks

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Get Ahead Get A Hat

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Men In Boat

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Antique photograph of horserace derby in Chicago

Antique photograph of horserace derby in Chicago

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: St Giles Market

St Giles Market
London costermonger Joseph Carney sells fresh herring from his barrow in the street market between Seven Dials and Five Dials in London, 1877

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: A man in a bowler hat walking under the arches on the cobbled Wapping High Street, London

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Art Collector

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Street Fair

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Hampstead Revels

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Covent Garden

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Franco-British Fair

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Mangled Wreckage

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Racegoers

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Bookmakers

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Studying The Form

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Mormon Traders

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Headgear For Men

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Young Gentlemen Dressed as a Future Diplomat

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: City Commuters

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Into The Darkness Beneath The Metropolis

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Suitable Suit

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)

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Coming To America

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

Background imageBowler Hat Collection: Children In Central Park Zoo

Children In Central Park Zoo
A group of children pose near the elepphant pen in Central Park Zoo, New York, New York, late 1800s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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