Gertrude loved her hats!

Gertrude Brady Blanchet seems to have loved her hats. Most of the photos that I have of her show her wearing an interesting hat. In this one, we can see her husband Paul is apparently adjusting her hat for her. Or perhaps he is just keeping it from blowing away.

Another Interesting Hat!

For those of you who are fans of my family’s interesting hats, here is another one. This is a photo of Gertrude Brady Blanchet. She was born in August, 1890, the daughter of James A. Brady and Mary McGrath. The family lived in Newark, NJ (1900), then Chicago, IL (1910), and finally settled in New York City (1930). Gertrude was married to Paul Blanchet.