How To Make A Pressman's Hat
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Title
How To Make A Pressman's Hat
Subject
A small pamphlet with detailed instructions on the construction of a hat from a sheet of newspaper. Includes line drawings with each step.
Description
Newspapers like the Washington Post distributed pamphlets and instructions to visitors which detailed the process of folding a Pressman's cap. The instructions included line drawings and other images which represented each stage in the folding process.
Creator
The Washington Post
Source
Dick Moore Collection
Date
undated
Rights
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Format
Still Image
Type
Booklet
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Text
How to Make a Pressman's Hat
It's Easy! Just Follow My Directions
First... we lay a four-page section of your daily newspaper down with fold at the top.
2. Locate the centerline and fold top left corner down to it.
3. Do the same with the right top corner.
4. Fold up edge of top sheet to base of triangle and crease.
5. now fold up again to form hat band and turn hat over.
6. fold right edge 1/2 inch past centerline for average head size. For larger size only 1/4 inch over or to the line. Fold the left side in the same manner to the right edge.
7. Fold lower right and left corners to the bottom of your hat band.
8. Fold entire lower flap above hat band.
9. Now fold top of flap down and tuck into hat band.
10. Fold the peak down to the bottom of hat band and tuck under the band.
11. Pick up the hat. Open wide and flatten out the top, fold the peaks down to bottom of hat, crease top edge and tuck ends into band.
.... And there you have a genuine pressman's hat!
It's Easy! Just Follow My Directions
First... we lay a four-page section of your daily newspaper down with fold at the top.
2. Locate the centerline and fold top left corner down to it.
3. Do the same with the right top corner.
4. Fold up edge of top sheet to base of triangle and crease.
5. now fold up again to form hat band and turn hat over.
6. fold right edge 1/2 inch past centerline for average head size. For larger size only 1/4 inch over or to the line. Fold the left side in the same manner to the right edge.
7. Fold lower right and left corners to the bottom of your hat band.
8. Fold entire lower flap above hat band.
9. Now fold top of flap down and tuck into hat band.
10. Fold the peak down to the bottom of hat band and tuck under the band.
11. Pick up the hat. Open wide and flatten out the top, fold the peaks down to bottom of hat, crease top edge and tuck ends into band.
.... And there you have a genuine pressman's hat!
Citation
The Washington Post, “How To Make A Pressman's Hat,” DeafPrinters, accessed May 6, 2024, https://deafprinters.com/items/show/94.