Hats

At a National Press Club picnic at Fort Hunt, General Harry Vaughan (left) models a stetson hat for President Harry S. Truman. The other man in the photo is unidentified. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

A color photograph showing President Truman as he relaxes in a chair during his trip to Key West. The President is reading some papers and has a pith helmet in his lap. Paul M. Angle's book, The Lincoln Reader, is open nearby on the ground. From: Papers of Charles Ross, 12x18 Metal Album.

Former President Harry S. Truman in his office at the Truman Library. Mr. Truman is wearing his American Legion cap.

Former President Harry S. Truman in his office at the Truman Library. Mr. Truman is wearing his American Legion cap.

Edwin Pauley conducts a group conference with displaced Jewish persons at Julius Streicher's former farm. Many are wearing caps and hats. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Unidentified men in hats in Seoul, Korea during the U.S. Reparations tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley (right) with an MP guard in Nuremberg. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Dr. Luther Gulick (left) and Josiah Dubois greet Edwin Pauley (right)in Paris, France during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors). Dr. Gulick was a professor and advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Mr. DuBois was an attorney, who were part of the Committee. All are in hats.

Men making fezzes in Egypt. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley with U.S. Consulate attache Brinton in Cairo, Egypt. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).