Find That Hat!!

[theoriginalavatar]

my last thread wasn't exactly jolly, so i would like to start another thread asking for help...

as some of you may know, i am a HUGE fan of Little House on the Prairie...

i have watched all 8 seasons many, many times, but there is something that i have never been able to figure out and i wish to ask for your help if you are able...

i have always wanted a hat like the one michael landon wore in the little house series (or even the one merlin olsen wore), but i have never been able to find out where it was found for the series or what name brand or anything.

i have searched high and low on the internet and found a few leads that ended up going no where.

perhaps they made the hats specifically for the series?

do any of you out there have any information on this? i know it seems a small thing, but it would mean a lot to me if i could find one like it.

i have even visited several western stores in the vegas area, and i have found hats kind of like it, but nothing that is very close.

[marshac]

Is it a Stetson western hat?

[NeuroTypical]

I dunno.

But I do know that you haven't lived until you've read the entire Little House series.

[pam]

So are you alive or dead LM?

[bytebear]

Based on this picture:

http://www.dvd-retails.com/images/plotimages/little-house-on-the-prairie.jpg

and this picture:

http://images.allmoviephoto.com/1974_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_%28TV_series%29/1974_little_house_on_the_prairie_003.jpg

I would say it looks like a variation on an Amish straw hat:

Straw Amish from Top-Hats.com

I would say look in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

[theoriginalavatar]

Is it a Stetson western hat?

i thought it might be...but i have never found a stetson that looked like it...maybe they discontinued that type, or it was something different all together?

[theoriginalavatar]

Based on this picture:

http://www.dvd-retails.com/images/plotimages/little-house-on-the-prairie.jpg

and this picture:

http://images.allmoviephoto.com/1974_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_%28TV_series%29/1974_little_house_on_the_prairie_003.jpg

I would say it looks like a variation on an Amish straw hat:

Straw Amish from Top-Hats.com

I would say look in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

thank you for your comments! when you watch the series a lot, i think the hat may be actually made from felt or some kind of soft leather (the way it bends and so forth...) it really is a mystery...i really do appreciate your helping me though...this has been on my mind for a very long time! :)

Edited July 11, 2010 by theoriginalavatar

[beefche]

Try these, TOA.

Index of Indiana Jones Hats

I know it's the wrong movie, but they look close to me. If not, search that site. It looks like they have quite a few hats to peruse.

[beefche]

Oh! I found these on that same site.

Old West Cowboy Hats

[pam]

Oh you just have to get that hat carrying case while you are at it. It's a must.

[theoriginalavatar]

Oh! I found these on that same site.

Old West Cowboy Hats

oh my goodness i think you may have done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is the closest i've seen so far...and trust me, i've studied his hat over many, many hours of watching...

especially number #415...

i may be forever in your debt...i have to investigate this (and come up with $200 + dollars)...

i can't stop grinning!

[beefche]

Yay! I love it when people are in my debt. Mwuahahaha!

[pam]

TOA stock up on the grass and hay.

[theoriginalavatar]

Yay! I love it when people are in my debt. Mwuahahaha!

oh i am!! and i am dead serious...you haven't a clue how long i have searched...if this turns out to be the right one (or close enough), i am forever in your servitude!

now i just have to come up with the money! lol...being unemployed and such, it may be a bit of a challenge....but we'll see...

[theoriginalavatar]

TOA stock up on the grass and hay.

we all have things we have wanted to do growing up, but mine has never changed...(true i love the idea of being a cop and other things, but one has always stood out...)

i have always wanted to be a farmer.

some people are glad to have born in the time they are, and others think another time more suitable, and i am definately in the latter category.

ever since i was a little boy, i have always daydreamed about being a good, old-fashioned farmer.

it is hard work, i'm sure! wake up at before the first light...work in the fields all day...come home to a warm supper when it gets dark...get good clean dirt on your hands and under your nails...

but you lay your head on the pillow and know that you have done a good, hard day's work...something about which you can be proud...

the modern age of computers and iphones and such has never suited me.

some day i will move to ohio or minnesota or wisconson, mark my word. i will never be able to wipe the smile off my face when i do.

[beefche]

we all have things we have wanted to do growing up, but mine has never changed...(true i love the idea of being a cop and other things, but one has always stood out...)

i have always wanted to be a farmer.

some people are glad to have born in the time they are, and others think another time more suitable, and i am definately in the latter category.

ever since i was a little boy, i have always daydreamed about being a good, old-fashioned farmer.

it is hard work, i'm sure! wake up at before the first light...work in the fields all day...come home to a warm supper when it gets dark...get good clean dirt on your hands and under your nails...

but you lay your head on the pillow and know that you have done a good, hard day's work...something about which you can be proud...

the modern age of computers and iphones and such has never suited me.

some day i will move to ohio or minnesota or wisconson, mark my word. i will never be able to wipe the smile off my face when i do.

Hey, you sound like my kind of people! I love farmers....they have lovely fields.

I have another friend who is much like you. She loves to play in the dirt and her fondest wish is to have some land to really plant some things and have a serious harvest.

[miztrniceguy]

I dunno.

But I do know that you haven't lived until you've read the entire Little House series.

My wife is a huge fan of Little House, but refuses to watch the tv show in fear that it would spoil (substitute a word similar to mustardize that starts with a ba) what she read in the books.

She is such a huge fan that the setting for her second book is a fictional Inn called Whittaker House located in Mansfield, MO where Laura lived after leaving The Prairie.

[theoriginalavatar]

My wife is a huge fan of Little House, but refuses to watch the tv show in fear that it would spoil (substitute a word similar to mustardize that starts with a ba) what she read in the books.

She is such a huge fan that the setting for her second book is a fictional Inn called Whittaker House located in Mansfield, MO where Laura lived after leaving The Prairie.

i can completely understand where she's coming from, but i must disagree. i, too, was once that way. i prefer the books over the tv series, but only marginally. by laura ingalls wilder's own admission later in life, even the books that she wrote were pretty heavily fictionalized to make them a bit more exciting...so i figure if the author herself can do it, so can the tv producers. :) anyway, that's just my take on the whole thing. both the books and the series are composits of the truth, and laura does seem to have lived quite an exciting life. AND...despite michael landon lacking the long beard that the actual charles ingalls had, he does make an exceptional "pa" in my book.

thank you for your comments....

[Snow]

my last thread wasn't exactly jolly, so i would like to start another thread asking for help...

as some of you may know, i am a HUGE fan of Little House on the Prairie...

i have watched all 8 seasons many, many times, but there is something that i have never been able to figure out and i wish to ask for your help if you are able...

i have always wanted a hat like the one michael landon wore in the little house series (or even the one merlin olsen wore), but i have never been able to find out where it was found for the series or what name brand or anything.

i have searched high and low on the internet and found a few leads that ended up going no where.

perhaps they made the hats specifically for the series?

do any of you out there have any information on this? i know it seems a small thing, but it would mean a lot to me if i could find one like it.

i have even visited several western stores in the vegas area, and i have found hats kind of like it, but nothing that is very close.

I understand your passion.

I myself collect thimbles. Tiny thimbles, gigantic thimbles. Chromed thimbles, brass thimbles. Plain thimbles and thimbles with cool things written on them like What Happens in Reno, Stays in Reno. Antique thimbles, left handed thimbles and thimbles once owned by seamstresses names Mary.

If I have any time left over after collecting thimbles, I spend it collecting angel figurines or thinking about angels or posting pictures on the internet of angels... oh, and cats. I love cats.

[miztrniceguy]

i can completely understand where she's coming from, but i must disagree. i, too, was once that way. i prefer the books over the tv series, but only marginally. by laura ingalls wilder's own admission later in life, even the books that she wrote were pretty heavily fictionalized to make them a bit more exciting...so i figure if the author herself can do it, so can the tv producers. :) anyway, that's just my take on the whole thing. both the books and the series are composits of the truth, and laura does seem to have lived quite an exciting life. AND...despite michael landon lacking the long beard that the actual charles ingalls had, he does make an exceptional "pa" in my book.

thank you for your comments....

I grew up watching Little House on TV and once met Melissa Sue Anderson at a Library reading many many years ago. I loved the show and think my wife missed out.