Talking through his hat.  From Die Bühne, 1925.

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From 1903.

Q: "Why did Lewis Carroll?"

A: "Because Alice threw the looking-glass!"

—The Sketch, 1901

"A very seedy hard felt hat."  From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892.

Here's a rabbit magician (a detail of an Easter postcard, date uncertain).  We had previously uncovered this giant rabbit magician pulling a man out of his hat, from 1910.

Living made easy with a revolving hat with eye-glass, cigar, scent box, spectacles and hearing trumpet, from 1830.

A precursor to Burgess Meredith as The Penguin in Batman.  From Die Muskete, 1912.

The radio hat of 1931.

"If you dream of a black cat, a hat and a broom, 'tis a sign that your wishes will come true quite soon."  Date uncertain.

Here's a portrait of Los Angeles, California, from The Florists' Review, 1921.

From back when politicians were called on their broken promises, in Grip, 1884.

"H. Th. Wijdeveld. Ontwerp voor een badmuts, 1932."

You knew that a hat is scaled to fit the head of the wearer, but here's how it's done.  From Daily Colonist, 1900.

From Social Dynamite or The Wickedness of Modern Society from the Discources of T. De Witt Talmage, 1887.