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  • Martin smiles as he wears a crown similar to those used in Orthodox weddings.
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  • Butter & Scotch, a bakery / bar in Brooklyn's Crown Heights.
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  • Rick Martin rounding the headband for a crown using a rawhide mallet on a mandrel.
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  • Butter & Scotch, a bakery / bar in Brooklyn's Crown Heights.
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  • Butter & Scotch, a bakery / bar in Brooklyn's Crown Heights.
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  • Butter & Scotch, a bakery / bar in Brooklyn's Crown Heights.
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  • Rick Martin models an Orthodox wedding crown.
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  • Martin inspects a band of crystals around the base of a crown.
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  • Martin lights his torch, preparing to solder a band of crystals onto the based of a crown.
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  • Martin places a band wih mounted crystals around the circlet of a crown before soldering it on.
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  • Rick Martin holds a crown, showing the mount for the cystals, which will be mounted later.
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  • Rick Martin using a 19th-century hand press to rivet half-arches to the circlet, or headband, of a crown.
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  • Martin with an unfinished crown.
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  • Rick Martin rounds the band of a crown on a tapered mandrel using a rawhide mallet.
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  • Rick Martin putting a mandrel into a vise. The mandrel is used to shape the band of the crown.
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  • A divided tray of Swarovski crystals waiting to be mounted onto crowns. In the background are finished crowns.
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  • Sample crowns of various sizes gather dust on a shelf.
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  • Stamped decorative pieces wait to be added to crowns.
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  • Finished crowns in a bin wait to be shipped.
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  • A group of small religious statues on a shelf, some of which wear crowns Martin has made.
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  • In the case in the foreground are objects of Spanish Colonial Art in the Luce Center for American Art Visible Storage Study Collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
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  • Martin in his basement workshop.
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  • Watercolors by American painter William Trost Richards on the wall of the Luce Center for American Art Visible Storage Study Collection of the Brooklyn Museum. In the drawers nelow are other artifacts from the collection.
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  • Watercolors by American painter William Trost Richards on the wall of the Luce Center for American Art Visible Storage Study Collection of the Brooklyn Museum. In the drawers nelow are other artifacts from the collection.
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  • A prototype bicycle by Benjamin J. Bowden in the Luce Cengter for American Art Visible Storage Study Collection in the Brooklyn Museum. The bike was designed in1946, and this prototype built in 1960.
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  • Martin in his basement workshop.
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  • In the foreground is a bronze sculpture of Ivan Mestrovic by American Malvina Hoffman, an American student of Auguste Rodin,  in the Luce Center for American Art Visible Storage Study Collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
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  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
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  • A wooden runner, used to force cords into place to form the joint between the crown and brim, along with a cord and a brush.
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  • New York, NY - 25 June 2017. New York City Heritage of Pride March filled Fifth Avenue for hours with groups from the LGBT community and it's supporters. A drag queen wear a green sequined gown and a crown like the Statue of Liberty's.
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  • Trimming the excess from the brim of a felt hat. The hat bodies are oversized, to allow for varying crown heights and brim widths.
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  • Tying a block called a tipper in place to hold the crease in the crown of a straw fedora.
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  • Shaping the crease on the crown of a straw fedora. Once the shape has been established, a wooden block called a tipper will be tied in place to hold the crease.
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  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
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  • A wooden block made up of brim and crown sections ready for a hat to be shaped over it into a fedora. In the background, a straw hat body is being steamed.
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  • A felt hat on a mold with cords called ropes holding the shapes of the crown and brim.
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  • Stretching a just-steamed felt hat body over a wooden block to shape the crown and brim. Many of the block are old, and difficult to replace.
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  • A hat body, shaped with only a suggestion of a crown and brim, on a rack over a steam generator, being steamed prior to shaping.
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  • A straw hat on a block after steaming, with a tipper block pressing the center crease in place. On the left is a rack over a steam generator; hanging from the hat block are cords used to form the fold between the crown and the brim, as well as to shape the edge of the brim.
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  • New York, NY, October 31, 2013. A crown lining Sixth Avenue to watch the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.
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  • After marching down Surf Avenue, the parade rounte continued on the boardwalk. The Wonder Wheel can be seen in the background, as can Nathan;s Famous hot dog stand, and a crown of thousands of spectators.
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  • A cord called a rope is cinched around the joint of the crown and brim, and is forced into place with a wooden runner, a tool with a groove cut in its end to fit over the rope and to force it in place.
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  • Hand sewing the finishing touches on the sweatband of a straw hat. Behind Cha Cha is an old chain-stitch sewing machine with a high arch and a short, narrow free arm, ideal for reaching into the crowns of hats.
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  • A collection of hat molds, including blocks for brims and crowns, and risers to make the crowns deeper.
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  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
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  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
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