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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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  • A felt hat cooling from being dried in the oven.
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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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  • After shaping, the damp hat is placed in an oven to dry.
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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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  • Removing a trimmed hat from a block.
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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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  • Brushing a felt hat after being shaped and roped, to remove any marks left by shaping.
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  • A partially-shaped felt hat over the steam generator, being re-steamed for further shaping.
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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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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. A man wearing a pink hat with chicks, eggs, and an Oscar Meyer boiled ham label looks at a woman's hat decorated with a felt parrot  at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue.
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