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Fez Painting of a man in a dark robe and hat holding hands with a woman in a green gown, standing in a richly furnished room with a small dog at their feet. The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck. A Bolivian woman wearing a bowler hat smiles while carrying her baby on her back in a colorful traditional sling on a street in La Paz, Bolivia. Top hat Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s Six mariachis in traditional charro suits and sombreros perform with instruments on stone steps in front of a carved wooden door during Day of the Dead festivities in Oaxaca, Mexico. youth wearing a Phrygian cap
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Article title updated for style. Nov 08, 2026
Media updated. Aug 17, 2026
Media added. Jan 12, 2026
Replaced media. Feb 09, 2023
Removed media. Nov 15, 2021
Add new Web site: History of Hats - Men's and Women's Hats Through the Ages. Mar 19, 2019
Media added. Aug 07, 2017
Add new Web site: Hat History - History of Straw hats and Felt hats. Feb 12, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Hat. May 03, 2013
Article revised and updated. Oct 15, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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