Hat in 1910 Photo

I wonder if my grandmother purchased her hat in this Millinery parlor in Rockford Illinois which had an ad in her 1906 high school yearbook.

Maternal Grandmother Charlotte Rowley Van Sickle and my Uncle John Rowley Van Sickle 1910

An ad in the 1906 Rockford High School Yearbook

I found this information (503?) on the store and there’s a photo but I don’t have permission to post it. It’s worth seeing but you’d have to Click this link to see “Photograph depicting Eckholm Hats at 503 E. State Street. This millinery shop was owned and operated by the Eckholm sisters, Ester M. and Sophie T. The woman standing in the doorway is probably one of the sisters but is unidentified.”

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8 thoughts on “Hat in 1910 Photo”

  2. Did you ever go in to a department store and sit in front of a mirror and try all there hats on ? As a young woman I did. I would loved to have tried that hat on.

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  5. Uncle John is perfectly dressed and perfectly posed. Did Uncle John grown up to be a model?

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  6. Interesting how back then hats were worn pretty much all the time, but these days it’s considered rude to wear a hat indoors…. I wonder when (and why) that changed?

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