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Why is Lincoln always depicted wearing a top hat in films etc.?

A lot of the photographs or daguerreotypes of him don’t show him wearing one.

Besides the fact that it was a popular hat of the day, it just became the image of Lincoln as he was very tall for his day and then he would wear this tall hat.

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4 Responses to “Why is Lincoln always depicted wearing a top hat in films etc.?”

  1. donmustard@sbcglobal.net on November 16th, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    later that became his trademark…
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  2. It was a common hat of that period. I believe Lincoln use to carry important papers in his hat so his hands would be free.
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  3. It’s become a symbol for him — if a tall man in a black suit and stovepipe hat shows up, the audience automatically thinks "Lincoln."
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  4. Besides the fact that it was a popular hat of the day, it just became the image of Lincoln as he was very tall for his day and then he would wear this tall hat.
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