This is footage from inside the world’s largest hat factory filmed in Philadelphia in the 1920s
by ateam1984
This is footage from inside the world’s largest hat factory filmed in Philadelphia in the 1920s
by ateam1984
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I’ve seen larger hats.
That spinning machine is obviously designed to prevent worker injuries.
Susquehanna!?!
What a fucking weird song to choose to dub over it
Anyways, cool hats. I find the spongy machines pushing against eachother weirdly satisfying and slightly gross at the same time
Why does all of the mass-production hat manufacturing equipment look like a steam-punk torture device?
If they consolidate with Emalgomated Spats, they’ll drive that up and coming Baltimore Opera Hat Company out of business!
I’ve been watching clips of hatters making custom designs on YouTube of late, I enjoys watching artisans do their thing.
This vid feels odd to me because I’m watching the exact same process on an industrial scale.
You know everyone is just doing everything 100% bc the camera is there. As soon as he left everyone goofed off for sure. People laughed People died.
Its funny because i get a hat that looks like that for 10-20 online. But i want the hat made like that for 1-500.
Very Cool! The old art of a master craftsman. I could watch this stuff all day.
So many Irish
We stopped wearing hats because of the low ceilings in cars.
Really cool video, I don’t think the erratic colourization or unrelated soundtrack make it better. But what do I know?
I wonder if one of those 1920s hats there still exists today. Maybe some dusty attic or closet somewhere out here
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You can see the death of manufacturing jobs in this video. Machines can and should do everything shown here easily
Some of these processes look like they’re really painful.
Why can’t you tell me you like my hat!?
Not sure if I could trust a hat maker who doesn’t wear their own hats
This is definitely AI right?
I really need to re-read The Jungle.
ok but those are all regular size
where is the worlds largest hat
Made you miss the war
Oh…Its FACTORY that is the largest in the world.
Not the hats.
My grandpa/grandma was 20 and 21 in 1920.
One of these guys could literally be him or their friends.
video would be so much better if it had a dude narrating in an old timey radio voice instead of modern music.
This looks dangerous AF. Easily lose fingers or a whole arm in this factory.
TIL hats are made much like pizza dough
Bet all of these dudes grew to a ripe old age with absolutely no respiratory issues!