Bravo. A Panoptikum in a vanished world. In 1922, there was little emphasis on military and or political uniforms, to be sure.....
Thanks for sharing these things with us. Hurra.
Bravo. A Panoptikum in a vanished world. In 1922, there was little emphasis on military and or political uniforms, to be sure.....
Thanks for sharing these things with us. Hurra.
Thanks to you but it's not my merit, it's Steve's. He is as enthousiatically after German/Austrian hats as others are after German caps. I am very glad that there are people out there who appreciate old (European) handicraft, collect them and - most important - document the making and everything else around it. Without those people so much knowledge would be lost forever. I should try to document these things myself - there is still Slama and Demschner the cap maker - if only I had the time and the money. When they are gone, there are not many chances to question anybody about traditional cap making. Should anybody want to contact these two remnants of times bygone, just consult the Austrian telephone directory: https://www.herold.at/gelbe-seiten/w...ner-rudolf-kg/ https://www.herold.at/gelbe-seiten/w...marie-sohn-og/
I don't know what happened to the Littomericky-family, they do no longer seem to be in Vienna, there is only an entry for Tyrol - perhaps they have moved. The daughter obviously didn't take the firm, she is a talking head/announcer and, apparently, Litto was taken over by Slama.
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Thanks to Steve. You know, when I look at my high school year book, i.e. from the year 1968, when I was a freshman, perhaps 2% of the firms that took out adverts
in the back of the thing exist in 2017 and so forth. It is in the relentless and remorseless nature of our civilization since the onset of the Enlightenment and
the arrival of the industrial revolution. This process has overturned the world of the guilds and the medieval structure of society and economy. The kings and princess
were behead by the national razor, and everyone transformed into a consumer of mass produced things in order to neutralize class conflict,
On balance, the process has made people more prosperous, but at a loss of certain intangibles that lend dignity to work and purpose to life.
Three names and pictures of Mützenmacher/innen (same picture has already been published here by Erel in post # 870, now we have also the names of the ladies).
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