…is higher (The hat looks taller in this image than it is). Lincoln's hat size was 7 1/8. While researching this hat, I came across this little known Abe Lincoln hat story: http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln86.html

…Hats' version of the Stovetop is made in smooth finished black leather. The hat brim may be shaped or left flat, with the built in wired bound edge. Abe Lincoln would have been proud to wear this one. Finished off with a hatband made of black and white rattlesnake and a domed mercury dime creating a front…

…CUBBINS by Dr. Seuss MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT by Ludwig Bemelmans THE CHRISTMAS HAT by A.J. Wood HATS OFF TO JOHN STETSON by Mary Blount Christian ABE LINCOLN’S HAT by Martha Brenner KATHY’S HATS by Trudy Krisher TWELVE HATS FOR LENA by Karen Katz THE QUANGLE WANGLE’S HAT by Edward Lear LITTLE…

…CUBBINS by Dr. Seuss MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT by Ludwig Bemelmans THE CHRISTMAS HAT by A.J. Wood HATS OFF TO JOHN STETSON by Mary Blount Christian ABE LINCOLN’S HAT by Martha Brenner KATHY’S HATS by Trudy Krisher TWELVE HATS FOR LENA by Karen Katz THE QUANGLE WANGLE’S HAT by Edward Lear LITTLE…

…perfect fit. Let's take a smattering of examples: Hats as a bridge to learning about history and as a file cabinet for important letters and papers: ABE LINCOLN'S HAT. Hats as head covering for chemotherapy patients and as an object helping to sustain hope: KATHYS HATS. Hat ("Bad Hat" specifically) as…