![]() ![]() He said that a local merchant taught him how to get a palm frond and strip it down to even sizes to create a wide brim hat. If they got wet, they dried almost instantly. ![]() The brim was wide enough to keep the sun off of our faces in the pool or sitting around. He said the palms around the resort are perfect for making these hats. He had one other in the middle stage of weaving to completion. The next day he showed up at the pool in the afternoon with this green woven hat made of palm fronds. He mentioned that he was with his family and that they had a couple of more days until they flew home to the OC Airport. As we were talking, he saw me with dark sunglasses and a sun visor. The afternoon sun was still beating down and we were trying to get under the overhanging plants/trees that gave some resemblance of shade.Īs I swam to the other end of the pool and back, this guy was in that end of the pool and smiled as he recognized me from a long time ago. We were in a resort's large pool and it was a warm summer day. One year my wife and I were in Maztalan, Mainland Mexico on a week long vacation. We quit wearing the baseball caps and to this day, still have our hairlines… YRMV Ha! So, we did not buy those, but our friends did and looked silly. We used to wear baseball caps, but our mom told us that those that wear hats speed up the process of balding or receding hair lines. My brother laughed as our friend put one on from the display. īy the mid 60s I got a wife,opened my own speedshop" Comp Tech" an stopped doing as much hotrod stuff,got fully into racing,became my #1 hobbie an $ maker.Ī long time ago, we looked at those silly hats at our local car shows. Sid,the editor,said "The Bat" art wise ,was between Mouse an Roth, likely cuz he know me first hand ,more then ether of them, His mag only lasted 3 of what should of been 4 a year. Sorry, I lost the only copy I had,or it would be a good place to post here. "Customs & Coconuts" had a little review about the airbrushed T-shirt craze. Our local short lived south Florida custom an rod mag. Mouse was really good ,I liked Stanley's art lots better. I as a teen,with out biz smarts,an also did each "Bat" shirt as a one off art only ,for who ask. Hall.Īt first it made me pissed off at Roth,for a short time,tell thinking it over,it wasn't just "The Bat" cut out, small cheese so too say LOL.> but also "MOUSE" much bigger Cheese. Roth had payed for exclusive rights for T-shirt Miami Beach Con. I did some of this my self,my art name"The Bat" out of hell,and did shows all over Florida. ![]() As times changes, Mouse moved on to the world of Rock and Roll, and left his friend Roth with the Hot Rod car show clothing gig Here are some more images of Mouse, also notice his supply of German Helmets, he showed up at the car shows ready to sell merchandise. In my memory, Mouse started the hat craze, and Roth simply followed suit. Mouse was in awe of Roth’s 3 dimensional art cars, but was by far the better 2 dimensional artist. Mouse published a catalog of his designs, Roth followerd suit, they were friendly competitors. Mouse could out paint Roth and each shirt was more or less hand done, on the spot to satisfy each customers wishes, Roth being a slower painter, silk screened his designs, often done by other artists, and simply colored in the backgrounds. Mouse would rake in the Money painting shirts and selling hats, Roth quickly picked up on Mouse’s ability to turn a buck and started selling monster shirts and hats also. In the beginning of the hot rod art thing, Roth brought the Cars and Mouse brought his T shirt booth.
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