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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Farmer
I posted a different view of this farmer using a scythe a couple of years ago.
The official Muybridge plate title refers to it as "mowing."
I think it may be, and the tassel is more visible in other shots of this and at least one additional model. I can't imagine the purpose unless it was to keep longer hair from interfering with the lines of the images . . . and that's a stretch.
According to a better documented than average Wikipedia entry, US football players used no head protection until 1896, and it was mostly ear covers. So no football connection for the picture.
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Is that the classic "smoking cap"? I think I can just make out the tassel.
ReplyDeleteI think it may be, and the tassel is more visible in other shots of this and at least one additional model. I can't imagine the purpose unless it was to keep longer hair from interfering with the lines of the images . . . and that's a stretch.
DeleteI wondered if it were a padded, protective US football cap. Rugby players here wear similar.
DeleteAccording to a better documented than average Wikipedia entry, US football players used no head protection until 1896, and it was mostly ear covers. So no football connection for the picture.
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