This exhibit is a glimpse into the hat maker’s workroom and a demonstration of the process of blocking hats - the forming of felt and straw materials over traditional wood hat blocks. Hat blocks are ...

Tom Hirt is a dying breed. He makes cowboy hats by hand. Most hats today are mass produced, made of cheap materials and often manufactured overseas by machine. But in the shop behind his home in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Collected in 1924 by Alpheus Hyatt ...

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio hatter is keeping alive a dying art form to build, shape and restore custom-fitted hats, tailored to the cowboys and cowgirls of the Alamo City. Paris Hatters is a ...

Protestors and police in Hong Kong have found themselves in an escalating arms race of high tech surveillance. While the protestors have used lasers to disable the facial recognition-equipped ...