The 1922 New York City Straw Hat Riots

[@Matty18795]

New york for me was bad enough but losing my hat was the final straw

[@craigcrawford6595]

Lmao Classic...

[@dannymathis1999]

David Baldwin Well done.

[@andrewpendell3405]

I see what you did there...

[@ralphsanchico2452]

clever, very clever!......

[@sortedsortof3474]

@@ralphsanchico2452 ... ... Hahahahahahaha

[@richardklug822]

To commemorate their high school's 100th year founding, my son's entire graduating class wore blue blazers and straw boaters. Their hats came from Italy and were the same style worn by Venetian gondoliers...very jaunty!

[@tolfan4438]

That's a really cool thing for the class to do

[@profharveyherrera]

I'm amazed on how you can turn a rather trivial story into a really interesting one, teaching us all a bit of forgotten history

[@wendychavez5348]

You're right--the event may have been relatively trivial, but the history is not. He explores the background and the reasons things may have happened, and ignites my desire to learn more.

[@salvatornado]

ha. teachers pet.

[@bradleyweiss1089]

salvatornado You clean the erasers.

[@salvatornado]

@@bradleyweiss1089 sounds about right

[@bruceschneider4928]

My hat's off to you for another excellent episode.

[@PelenTan]

I'm calling your father for that response. ;-)

[@chrisneedham5803]

My Grandfather said " if you want to get ahead get a hat"

[@agolftwittler1223]

Three days in jail for that one Sir 😂

[@NathanJennings1222]

The destruction of the straw hats at the end of the season reminds me of a Japanese tradition. In Japan when the flower season ends Japanese girls are expected to crush their straw flower baskets beneath their feet. The reason: to teach Japanese children that everything has an ending.

[@agolftwittler1223]

@Channel Banned That makes sense, nice info.

[@hoffmanaeronautics6192]

"What are you in for?" "I smashed a man's hat just to hear it crunch."

[@chrisneedham5803]

'Hat smashing' I was born too late

[@Hopeofmen]

"My word, man!"

[@censusgary]

I smashed a hat in Reno just to hear it crunch. Now when I hear that whistle blowin’ It gets my knickers in a bunch.

[@shawnr771]

Right up there with littering.

[@andyZ3500s]

That is pretty clever -- what's the worst reason to smash a man's hat

[@tonyk1584]

I was out in the street Destroying straw hats Incentivised by a hat store promoter But the sentence was harsh Three days in the can For the judge was a fan of the boater

[@jabscha7051]

Brilliant 😆

[@elizabethsohler1847]

Good one . It's not all that often you see "Incentivized" used in poetry.

[@Lockbar]

I love the skimmer. A few years back I found a nice antique original still in its box at a flea market. Paid $30 I think. Wear it usually one or two Sundays each summer. One of my favorite pieces of headgear.

[@shawnr771]

You saw the ads in the video they were a 1.95.

[@therugburnz]

I hope hats come back. Hats are fun and practical. Baseball games= ball cap, tobogganing = toboggan, going to a meeting = Fedora, Driving a semi = trucker's hat, bass fishing = trucker's ha with 'Bass ProShop'logo, row boating = straw boater, riding = helmet, first date = not a trucker's hat, church = depends on ones religion . I am sure many more we should remember or make anew. Love this show,

[@stoneyll]

My favorite subscription on KZbin... Thanks for keeping me informed and entertained~!

[@servico100]

Three days in jail or a spanking, a strange punishment in an era whose violence has been previously documented. Thank you, Sir.

[@TS-ef2gv]

The discussion of what was acceptable to wear in public in the early 1900s reminded me of my maternal grandparents. My grandpa was born in 1903 and died in 1986. I never saw him outside without a hat or cap, the type he wore depended on the season. I also never saw him inside or out wearing anything but long pants and a long sleeve, buttoned, collared shirt, no matter how hot it was. The most he would do if working out in the heat was turn up the cuffs to just above his wrist. My grandmother lived until 2000 (age 92), and I never saw her wear anything but knee length dresses. They carried that early 1900s sense of modesty and decorum in the way the spoke, dressed, and conducted themselves in public throughout their lives.

[@richardmourdock2719]

"When straw hats are outlawed, only outlaws will have straw hats."

[@Rich1ab]

Funny!

[@kenarnold9132]

Believe it or not, there are countries that practice a similar tradition. In Russia, mostly in the large cities, it's shoes. They have a specific shoe (I use the term loosely as indeed it goes on the foot so thus qualifies as a shoe) that is half shoe, half sandal. The shoe is only brought out of the wardrobe when May Holidays arrive. This is usually around the first week in May and never before. In the first week of September, when school starts, they are promptly put back in the wardrobe to await the next May holidays. Typically the men who wear these are about the age of 35 and up. The reasoning behind this shoe is sketchy at best, but definitely originated during Soviet times and still sold to this day, and this reasoning seems to be the most popular. To citizens during Soviet times, money was limited. After paying for necessary things for the month only few kopeka were left over. Their wardrobe was limited due to this and the average Soviet citizen just couldn't go out and by extra pairs of shoes on a whim. To buy a pair of daily shoes "and" a pair of summer sandals usually went beyond their means. Russia can indeed get very hot in the summer, but as a Soviet citizen you really couldn't wear a "Beach Sandal" to work. They needed something in between. Thus the half shoe, half sandal was invented. The problem is, they are incredibly UGLY. Typical designs will be "slots" covering the entire shoe, a shoe riddled with holes or a combination of both. Most Russian men do not have a sense of style and will wear these while in a business suit, and, wear white socks! You can imagine, but, it's May holidays and they "Must" wear them. Not all men as the more modern men's wives refuse to be seen in public with their man wearing them! For Westerners, these shoes have an affectionate nickname.....Cheese Grater Shoes because they remind you of a cheese grater! Over the years they are becoming less visible in public as the older generations pass away, so perhaps they will disappear in 20 years or so. But still, a part of history that "doesn't" need to be remembered!

[@johnopalko5223]

Hmm. Sounds like the Soviet equivalent of Crocs.

[@kenarnold9132]

@@johnopalko5223 Ha Ha! Crocs I believe were originally intended to be used in the garden as far as I recall. Now you have people wearing them everywhere. But man, those cheese graters....

[@ronfullerton3162]

"A part of history that doesn't need remembered." That could be said about many fashion ideas of the past.

[@tamlandipper29]

You try fashion when shoe made in horse powered tractor factory.

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I was looking for the Russian equivalent which has a labor & otherwise class struggle to equal American.

[@richegenriether8161]

I wear a boater. My season is April 1- September 30. I don't replace it every year since it's not the $2.50 off the rack from J.C. Penney's. I've had it for well over 20 years. I paid $200 for it and paid another $100 to replace the sweat band when it separated from the mesh liner. October 1 is my felt had day, either a fedora or a Homorg.

[@malcolmbacchus421]

I've got a number of boaters which I wear during the summer. British summers tend to involve rain and a good quality varnished boater doesn't seem to mind the wet. In fact it survives it a lot better than a Panama which tends go out of shape and is devil to restore.

[@chrisrasmussen3822]

My grandpa had so many pictures of him in crowds with his brothers, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. They always had a straw or felt hat on depending on the season. Hundreds of folks all wearing hats. When I was young I wore hats. Had a fedora for a long time. Times have changed.

[@Dingomush]

The two names that come to my mind when a straw hat is mentioned is F.D.R. and, of course, W.C.Fields!

[@Paladin1873]

Sounds like they all were mad as a hatter.

[@robotslug]

Thanks for a good start to my Monday, Hat's off to you Sir!

[@seangatje8142]

I love this channel, its so cool to learn about these events in American History that you would never hear about otherwise. They're all so interesting and they give a nice view into the ways of the past.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Personally speaking, I've had it up to the brim with these shenanigans.

[@bdonkulousgames8562]

Those damn 1922 millenials, smashing hats and running amuck!

[@bdonkulousgames8562]

@Michael Yup..political obsession has taken over. People dont even use names. its "that lib" or "that repub". Both sides working identically to widen the gap. Most people refuse to even converse with people of differing political opinion.

[@agolftwittler1223]

The next riot will be the MAGA hat riot I fear. When it comes to domestic terrorism, it's impossible to ignore white nationalists. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJO3f6N9or-SZpo&index=3&list=PLCmmm5S6EO4d9e3pLAV_UFdSU5hUyq1I8

[@agolftwittler1223]

When the six times bankrupted conman, cowardly draft dodger, depraved pervert, pathological liar and notorious tax evader Donald John Trump finally came out of the closet as a radical white nationalist, he instantly repulsed and disgusted every single American patriot. Republicans and Democrats alike.

[@agolftwittler1223]

Are you an American patriot or are you a radical nationalist. Are you pro-America or are you pro-Donald John Trump/Vladimir Vladimirovitj Putin. It is that simple these days.

[@agolftwittler1223]

𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀 2020 𝐌oscow's 𝐀ccessory 𝐆one 𝐀gain 😂

[@ryanpenrod1859]

7:27 "There were too many hats" This is the best video you've ever done.

[@stephenraney5607]

Never hire a man who rolls his own or wears a straw hat. He’s either rolling a smoke or chasing his hat.

[@chrisneedham5803]

But you can trust a man who tucks his shirt into his underpants (if the word on the street can be believed)

[@denniswhite166]

My father always said he wouldn't hire a pipe smoker because they spent all their time fussing with their pipe.

[@JohnSmith-bx1mp]

@@denniswhite166 Smoking a pipe,is a full time job.

[@painmagnet1]

Hmmm, I roll my own smokes and work my ass off. The pipe smokers though, yes lazy.

[@Horologist-zu5vq]

@@painmagnet1 woe woe woe. Thems fighting words. I work my ass off doing stone masonry and i was just about to step outside and smoke my pipe😅

[@KMac329]

I love these episodes of the History Guy, especially the ones like this that present events of social history that are little known. My hat is off to you, History Guy!

[@randallanderson1632]

Back about 1965 the junior high school I was attending had a "fairy hook riot". What we knew as fairy hooks were the little loop on the back of some shirts right between the shoulder blades. I would assume their purpose was for hanging up the shirt on a hook. The fairy hook riot never got to be an actual riot but if you were wearing a shirt with a fairy hook into school, the odds were extremely high the fairy hook would be gone when you went home from school. Some of the attempts to tear off the fairy hook resulted in the wholesale ripping of the shirt. That was the price you paid for wearing the wrong shirt to school.

[@IndianaJoe0321]

In the 1980's homosexual males were derogatorily referred to as "fruits." By then the shirts' loops had become known as the "fruit loop."

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I remember that. No hook on a tee shirt.

[@psw4763]

Very entertaining theme today and a piece of history. Well done as usual

[@mdbelt1]

I needed a light-hearted story. Thanks.

[@wovfm]

It's stories like these that are making the History Guy a National Treasure. Another classic of his offbeat histories.

[@brentscott6326]

I actually knew about this one before you posted it this time lol. I love your videos, I wish I had teachers more like you when I was growing up. Better late to learn this stuff than never though. Keep 'em comin'!

[@Tmanaz480]

I just heard about the riots and immediately came to THG to see if you covered this subject. You didn't disappoint.

[@vilstef6988]

@The History Guy In regard to clothing and riots, you probably should do a segment on the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in the 40's.

[@redram5150]

The straw hat riot reminds me of the Chappelle’s Show sketch “True Stories in Keeping it Real” where a gang war was started over someone lightly scuffing another man’s shoes. “Yo, man! Don’t scratch my Tims!”

[@steveinsbrook2479]

This would make a great movie!

[@agolftwittler1223]

Hat's off to you Sir. Thank you for yet another great upload 😎

[@mr_fnh]

This is why I come here! This is just the kind of excitement I need in the morning!

[@gadooooo1]

At 10:17 how did the whole backdrop change in a snap? History guy you never cease to amaze

[@spiderlime]

the photo at 04.13 is of italian author emilio salgari , creator of sandokan and many other characters

[@denniswhite166]

And in the '60s a hatless JFK started a new trend and men tossed their hats into the closets of America. Nearly for good, until the advent of the baseball hat ughhh.

[@painmagnet1]

Baseball caps are incredibly practical for bald men such as myself. Not as a fashion, but a protection device.

[@TranscendianIntendor]

The fedora was superior and still is.

[@denniswhite166]

@Hunter D I do the same as you.

[@highiqretardbear33]

We Texans still wear our Cowboy hats. However bareheads and baseball caps are more common, even here.

[@Tmanaz480]

JFK had great hair. He knew better than to hide it.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

A diversity of subjects like no other channel. Highly entertaining.

[@wickerman9569]

You never disappoint, thanks for the video

[@borntobea2938]

Is it only me or others also, after seeing the headline, thought to themselves "What have you done now, Luffy?!"

[@raypelling6440]

"STRAW HAT!!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@shadowraith1]

Never been a hat person. Unless brutal winter weather demands it, thankfully. Never realized what a big deal hat's were to earlier generations. Thanks for some interesting obscure history.👍

[@TranscendianIntendor]

your head needs radiation protection more and more. Really, it does.

[@kinglerxstbtpc]

As an antique collector, and that aficionado, I always wondered why straw hats are so hard to come by. Thank you for finally providing s.ome of the reasons for their rarity!

[@dennisshoffner5201]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this episode about hats this evening. I’m considering it a nightcap !

[@dwightbusby8505]

You and your wife are amazing! .... seriously.... the topics you bring life too ... always choices with your episodes.... I can pass one because the title does not sound great, but when I do go back and watch it I'm always impressed with the content.... time slows way down watching what you share! Big Big thank you

[@christopherlynch3314]

I love your videos that feature a rather obscure event that offers a rare glimpse into history. Thanks! Of course riot stories, along with stories that involve pirates or dogs are always welcome. Here is a challenge: A video with all three! A riot involving pirates and featuring a dog!

[@glassslide]

Just another stellar video----life long student of history and yet I learn something new all the time from your channel---keep up the GREAT work!!!

[@samsum3738]

Fascinating piece of unknown history .

[@RichardCranium321]

I grew up just outside Huntington, IN. I did not know that, a lot of the old shop fronts were still there but names have changed.

[@tinamclaughlin1991]

Perfect for the heat we will all be experiencing this week.

[@andermac1]

Great story. Love your snippets! 👍

[@imagodeishow334]

This video is the reason why I love you channel

[@bazonka1]

Perhaps the most interesting thing Calvin Coolidge ever did.

[@WS1898]

Completely fascinating. Thank you, History Guy!

[@TheSoitenly]

Thanks for making me smile on a Monday.

[@pfcwar5150]

You should already have a PBS time slot of your show weekly....for real

[@sylviahacker6695]

Another excellent video. Thanks!

[@janwarriner6554]

Fascinating! Times have surely changed.

[@ahniiso5642]

Love your hat episodes. People immediately recognize me in summer because i still wear my Army issued DCU Boonie cap that I wore in Iraq. In winter I switch to the gray fleece cap also Army issue. Hey they were free lol, and comfortable, and practical.

[@MrEvanfriend]

I still have my boonie from Iraq as well, in desert MARPAT. I cut the brim very short, as was the fashion in my unit, largely because it pissed off my 1stSgt, who was a chode. I wear the boonie for fishing and camping and the like. I also have my black fleece beanie, which I kept even when they started issuing out the tan ones - the tan were for boots, black fleece made you look salty. I wear that in the winter. My day to day hat is a New York Mets hat, also in desert MARPAT, that I bought the year that MLB had the desert MARPAT hats for Memorial Day.

[@TSemasFl]

In Florida we wear straw hats year round and couldn't care less what New Yorkers think.

[@john_smith_john]

I'm in Florida and I never see anybody wearing a straw hat.

[@tygrkhat4087]

Well, you don't have the changes of season like we do in the northeast. BTW, I'm from Buffalo and we don't care what New Yorkers think either.

[@waynevreeland3141]

But half the folks in Florida are retired New Yorkers !!!

[@RonSparks2112]

John Smith I am a Floridian and regularly wear a Panama. But I will readily admit that I'm a rarity. Almost everyone wears a baseball cap if they wear any headgear.

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

Dark times indeed for old Hatty Hattington, head Hatter of the Harlem Hat Society... ...I'll let myself out...

[@billbolton]

Excellent work, hats off to the History Guy.

[@jamesmcgrath1952]

I'm an old fart but I still wear a felt Fedora or a Flat Cap. I feel undressed without a hat. You can tell a lot about a man by the way and type of hat he wears. Lol.

[@tylerbaldwin9513]

I still wear a panama hat when I go out. I reckon it's fine as I live in FLA.

[@jguyfletch2187]

I have a 1920's straw hat with the original NYC date and price inside; and wear it occasionally. The things I never knew about it. huh.

[@christopherpappas7474]

History Guy, you would ROCK a straw hat, with the bow tie you would look like you stepped out of the 20's:)🇬🇷☮️

[@AngeloPerfili]

Have never hears this story. Thank you...

[@yepisaidit100x]

That was funny , I found myself chuckling at the thought of busted hats scattered along the streets and sidewalks.😂

[@IndianaJoe0321]

I really like your videos -- especially this one on straw hats. Perhaps there might be an upcoming video on the felt fedora hat?

[@akillerpacman1709]

You know people say the past is a completely different country and after hearing this video I completely agree.

[@SilverSunPublishing]

How strange these mortals be.

[@elizabethsohler1847]

I think Shakespeare's line was, "Lord, what fools these mortals be, " which seems even more appropriate. Then again I'm only going by the way Bea Arthur quoted it in an episode of "The Golden Girls." I was too lazy to look it up

[@MrFreelens]

Love these real history stories.

[@phsyco123]

I should not be laughing, but the English in me is just too strong. "Ahh, the colonies.. They never grow up"

[@elizabethsohler1847]

Truth.

[@jiveturkey9993]

I wonder if we'll reach a place in time where historians will look back at the crip and blood conflicts and attribute it to the color of the scarfs?

[@lordflashheart3706]

Red or blue, Cuz or Blood, it just don't matter...

[@jiveturkey9993]

@@lordflashheart3706 what doesn't matter?

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

@@jiveturkey9993 It kind of sounds like a lyric

[@lordflashheart3706]

@@jiveturkey9993 sorry, I forget that not everyone is familiar with Ice T's classic "Colors".

[@jiveturkey9993]

@@lordflashheart3706 oh okay. Now I get it. Yes I am familiar with that song it just didn't connect in my brain.

[@MikeDial]

I recently bought a boater and am still wearing it to work on September 24.

[@craigbenz4835]

In my childhood the advise from elders was to never hire a man the wears a straw hat and smokes a pipe, because he would always be chasing his hat or lighting his pipe.

[@DeputyCoolio]

Hey history guy will you do a video on the Sidney Street Riots? It's history that deserves to be remembered.

[@shawnharrington9548]

Hmm...maybe you should sell History Guy straw hats.

[@kenthawley5990]

"The Susquehanna Hat Company??? That's the kind of hat I was wearing when I was killed..." :)

[@papasteve215]

The only KZbin channel that I like before the History Guy speaks.

[@dunstonbrooks6886]

Great episode, I really enjoy these types of stories.

[@vanceshaw3675]

Superbly done video!

[@GK-kr5gd]

I have a suggestion for a video. During World War I they sometimes turned cargo ships into lightly armored and armed warships mostly to attack enemy shipping. And the story I heard goes that a German ship disguised as a specific British ship went to the Carribbean and met that specific British ship disguised as that specific German ship and they sunk eachother easily seeing through eachothers disguise.

[@zacharygaber3397]

One of your best.

[@thurstonisonlyanickname2779]

The backstory of early aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont and his singed Panama hat and the reason why the hat was singed might make for an interesting hat-themed video.

[@onlyhurtsonce9222]

So I took off my hat and said imagine that!

[@JeremiahsFiles]

The last day to wear these hats is in ten days this month, I ordered a couple of straw hats for my plush toys to wear lately.

[@pyrodoll2422]

Marvellous!!!!! What an amazing story. Thanks again and incidentally September 15 is my birthday 👍👍

[@arturowagner4728]

I always wondered where that "No-white-after-labor-day" thing came from... Thanks, History guy! As long as I'm here, I have an idea for another video: Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace prize in 1970.

[@robertbilling6266]

I still have the boater I wore for punting in Cambridge 40 years ago. It's in remarkably good condition. Some people replaced the black "Funeral Boater" ribbon with College colours, something I never got around to.

[@DonFatherTrump]

They sure knew how to accurately describe hooligans.

[@streetsmart1164]

A tradition of smashing out of season hats, made of straw,... started a riot, "And that ain't Hay"

[@chronick6142]

7:35 That is the first time I have ever heard of hats referred to as skypieces.

[@svtirefire]

Someday I'm going to use that phrase. No one will know what the heck I'm talking about, but I will be satisfied.

[@Ray2Jerry]

Who knew flash mobs weren't an internet thing... people have always been weirdos 😂🤣 Thanks for this one, was very interesting!

[@shanedarden369]

Incredible piece of information, as to the unexplained conduct of inner city youth.... Still we deal with these same situations... and we have no more control or understanding of it now, then we did then...

[@jackschmieg120]

You mentioned it in this episode, and would love an episode on white after labor day.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I wear white after labor day. I like pastel colors all year.

[@samiam619]

You already heard the reason. Why do you need another episode?

[@blip1]

Great video!

[@gkarjala]

Sometings never change.

[@johne7100]

Well done!

[@scottreynolds390]

great work, sir