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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. A sign on a closed business on Nostrand Avenue.
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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. A sign on a closed business on Nostrand Avenue.
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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. A kosher pizza shop has oits shutters rolled down, but hopes to open before Passover.
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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. A sign on a closed laundromat on Avenue J.
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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. Here, a sign on a Chinese/Mexican restaurant on Nostrand Avenue.
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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. This restaurant on Avenue J offers take out only, and limits the people who can enter to three at a time.
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  • Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. Here a sign on a nail salon on Nostrand Avenue.
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  • Dina "Cha Cha" Pisani wearing a decorated straw top hat, and surrounded by her creations, in her shop.
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  • Dina "Cha Cha" Pisani wearing a decorated straw top hat, and surrounded by her creations, in her shop.
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  • Hand sewing a bow onto the hatband of a straw hat.
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  • Shaping a steamed straw hat body over a block.
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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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  • Fancy hats and fascinators on display.
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  • A balsa head used for trimming hats sits in a window.
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  • Feathers in jars on a shelf of trimmings.
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  • Trimming the excess from the edge of a straw hat after the edge has been sewn.
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  • A pheasant wing with its plumage intact hanging on the shop wall.
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  • Sewing the edge of the brim of a straw hat. The edge is rolled over a thick monofilament line to help it keep its shape.
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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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  • A straw hat rests on a stack of wooden hat blocks.
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  • A felt hat cooling from being dried in the oven.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • After shaping, the damp hat is placed in an oven to dry.
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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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  • The sewing machines are mostly old Singers, with cast iron frames and mechanisms of machined metal—still durable, useful and repairable. Stacked on the table are a selection of specialty feet for the machine.
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  • Ribbons and trim, some on rolls, some leftovers, await use.
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  • Illustrations of headgear from arond the world serve as insiration, along with a Mexican-inspired skull mask.
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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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  • Removing a trimmed hat from a block.
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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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  • 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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  • Cords called ropes, with slipknots pre-tied and ready to be used for shaping hang in front of a steam rack with a straw hat body on it.
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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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  • Brushing a felt hat after being shaped and roped, to remove any marks left by shaping.
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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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  • 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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  • A partially-shaped felt hat over the steam generator, being re-steamed for further shaping.
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  • Sewing a headband into a straw hat on an old chain-stitch sewing machine with a high open arch and a short, narrow free arm.
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