Hats Through The Ages - By Joe Noble (1931)

Joe Noble animation. “In the dim dark ages, about the year dot, they probably had fashion parades - like this.“ Funny cartoon of a group of cavemen watching a fashion parade. Large cave ladies model bearskins, bones through their hair etc. One model has a bird’s nest on their head from within which a chick pops up. “Whilst not doubting the veracity of our comic artist we must skip a few centuries to be really authentic - “ An illustration portrays a hat from 100 B.C. “A cap of fur or coarse wool trimmed with a feather.“ The next illustration shows “The Roman Influence. The cap is replaced by the cloak.“ Another drawing shows how “The cloak effect lingers in these 10th century head-dresses.“ An illustration showing a head dress from 1300 is captioned “A glance at this shows the cowl effect still present.“ Intertitle reads: “This curious hat, not unlike the “Liberty Cap“ later brought us to the “Pig-tailed hood.“ the Pig-tailed hood“ is illustrated. The Sunday version is shown. A contrasting hat