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Nineteenth-century hats

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Nineteenth-century hats

Men in the shearing shed sort and class wool at Horsley Down station in North Canterbury. Most are wearing hats even though they are working indoors.

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Canterbury Museum

Reference: 1987.152.4

by E. Wheeler and Son

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Bronwyn Labrum, Rural clothing – Hats, footwear and oilskins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18483/nineteenth-century-hats (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Bronwyn Labrum, published 1 March 2009.