I Need A Hat

i know you say you have done the "net" but i went to "google" and searched "old hat", hit the search and then the side bar hit "images" ...
Thing is i really dont know what you are looking for ..
Cheers and good luck

Jack,

Are you looking for old hats on peoples heads as portraits or old hats as sculptures?
I have a few images in my archives.

You might also find something here:
Red Bubble
If any of the images are used might I suggest you contact the artist first.

See if you can get a copy of the book of people in hats by "Shot by Jake"
He is a professional photographer has a book pf people in their hats, which he took at the Tamworth Country Music festival. Some famous people, most just ordinary people and their hats.

Google "Shot by Jake" and contact him.

Alternatively contact Akubra in Kempsey

Thank you all for your respnses. I am sure we can get a hat of of one of those suggestions. She wants to paint just the hat, which I suspect will be hanging on a (soon to be painted) nail. It needs to have 'character', which means battered and bruised I think.

But, that is progress and I am grateful for all your help, as is the good lady.

Jack

Hi Jack

There are so many places to find images of hats it is a wonder nobody has found you one by now.

But just in case you havent found quite the thing may I suggest you have a look at my mate Phil webpages. Phil is the man at Mungerannie Pub...so many old hats hang from the ceiling there must be at least one that might work.

http://www.mungeranniehotel.com.au/mungerbar.htm

On the home page for the site is some contact information, I am sure if you asked Phil might take a picture or six.

Peterll

Hi Jack,

Try this website.......
http://www.dreamstime.com/search.php?s_ph=y&s_il=y&srh_field=+hats&firstvalue=+hats&lastsearchvalue=drovers+hats&s_sm=all&s_st=new&memso=y&s_cf=0&s_catid=&s_cliid=&s_colid=&memorize_search=1&s_exc=&s_excp=&s_sp=&s_sl0=y&s_sl1=y&s_sl2=y&s_sl3=y&s_sl4=y&s_sl5=y&s_color1=FFFFFF&s_percent1=10&s_color2=FFFFFF&s_percent2=10&s_rsf=0&s_rst=7&s_clc=y&s_clm=y&s_orp=y&s_ors=y&s_orl=y&s_orw=y

I know it is a long address but copy and past it
good luck mate
Luch

Hi Jack,
If you live in country NSW then go to your nearest Cattle sale yard on sale day.
Sheep cockies would also wear a fairly good variety of old hats in various forms and stages of decay. I used to attend the local sales often and could see all forms of hats on some equally craggy faces. Of course a hat is all the better if it has a craggy face underneath it.

I have even owned and worn a hat in its latter stages of decay. These days I wear less expensive straw ones around the paddocks and keep the Acubra for best, mainly out of reverence for the brand, LOL.

If you don't live in country NSW then better still, go there as an excuse to get away from home. These sale days are a bit of an eye opener for city people.
Just blow into town and ask at the local terrorist (tourist) info centre and they will tell you where it is and when the sale days are on. Along the coast here they are fortnightly with each town taking it week about so that there is a sale every week not too far away.

You will get bigger numbers and larger sales west of the range.

Cheers, Bruce