The Straw Hat Riots
Brooklyn Times-Union, 16 September 1922, p. 5. Newspapers.com.
Daily News, 14 September 1922, p. 35. Newspapers.com.
New York Times, 14 September 1922, p. 23. Newspapers.com.
One hundred years ago today … So-called riots erupted over straw hats, as young New Yorkers enjoyed enforcing the traditional end of straw hat wearing-season.
Groups of boys in different parts of the city attacked straw-hat wearers.
The story is a perfect one for The Bowery Boys NYC history podcast, who note that NYC’s Fashion Week coincides with the anniversary of the riots.
The incidents continued for several days.
New York Times, 16 September 1922, p. 8. Newspapers.com.
– Jonathan Goldman, September 14, 1922
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