Hatter Gallery

Georgia - Tbilisi - A Tanner and Fur Hatter

Fur Hatter and tanner at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and lying along the historic Silk Road routes, Tbilisi has often been the point of contention between various rivaling powers and empires"

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Whose Your Hatter Song and Polka, by W Wilson

Promotional music sheet for Whose Your Hatter Song and Polka, arranged by W. Wilson. The sheet shows a lady wearing an enormous brimmed hat which was the fashion at the time and was the subject of many humorous music hall songs. Date: circa 1850s

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Advert, Advertising, Artwork, Brimmed, Enjoyment, Entertainer, Entertainment, Hall, Hat, Hats, Hatter, Illustration, Jan19, Ladies, Leisure, Marketing, Music, Musical, Performer, Programme, Promotional, Publicity, Sheet, Show, Singer, Song, Theatre, Wide

Edwardian factory worker Christopher Tipping

1901 Census - Christopher Tipping aged 55 (so about 60 in the photo) a Hatter - Blocker of hats, born Stockport. His lived at 27 Sydney Street, Stockport with his wife Betty aged 64, son Christopher aged 24 also a hat blocker, his wife Martha aged 24 b. Stockport, and their daughter Nellie aged 7 months. Christopher Tipping senior died in 1910 aged 64. Date: 1906

© The Battersby Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library