Hats

Dr. Luther Gulick (left) and Josiah Dubois greet Edwin Pauley (right)in Paris, France during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors). Dr. Gulick was a professor and advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Mr. DuBois was an attorney, who were part of the Committee. All are in hats.

Men making fezzes in Egypt. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley with U.S. Consulate attache Brinton in Cairo, Egypt. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Waiters in hats at a restaurant in Calcutta, India. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors). Pauley stands second from left.

Head-and-shoulders portrait (in a 7.5 inch diameter circle) of Maud Louise Gates Wells (Drake) wearing a large hat. She is the daughter of G. Walter Gates and first cousin of Bess Wallace Truman. From: John Elliott.

A display table for a waterproof hat called "The Weatherbird." The photo was sent along with color swatches and a letter to President Harry S. Truman, offering complimentary hats to Truman and his staff.