I've written about the evolution of face masks in the past, but a recent acquisition illustrates how the future of face masks took a turn in the mid-1950s.
One of my dearest football possessions is the GoldSmith catalogue from 1937, which shows the hat used by Michigan (as I'd like to believe)--Viking series, Gladiator model. But, beyond the studies of helmets around safety and materials, the object as an aesthetic device--something like the more usefully used billed cap or cowboy hat--has been under-examined. Its use is imprinted on our visual minds, carrying messages often beyond the utile, although one newer maker's fits the head closely, like it was an extension of the skull, and that's a hell of a message ..
The Guardsman makes the player look like a duck, lol
I had a grade school teammate who had one of those. The CYO teams did not throw away anything.
One of my dearest football possessions is the GoldSmith catalogue from 1937, which shows the hat used by Michigan (as I'd like to believe)--Viking series, Gladiator model. But, beyond the studies of helmets around safety and materials, the object as an aesthetic device--something like the more usefully used billed cap or cowboy hat--has been under-examined. Its use is imprinted on our visual minds, carrying messages often beyond the utile, although one newer maker's fits the head closely, like it was an extension of the skull, and that's a hell of a message ..
I lost you after a sentence of two.
Yeah, I veered off ..