Military history buff and reenactor selling museum-quality replicas and modern headwear.
Art
Dirty Billy's Hats
Hat shop located in Gettysburg offering historic reproductions and modern headwear. Catalog available online with phone ordering. Although Civil War period headgear is his biggest seller, Dirty Billy can reproduce hats ranging from the 1600s through to the modern era. Dirty Billy has made hats for actors including Sam Elliot and Martin Sheen in Gettysburg, Patrick Swayze in North and South, and Tom Berenger in Rough Riders. In addition to historical headwear, his shop carries a full line of modern, ready-to-wear headwear for men, women, and children.
Bill Wickham, AKA "Dirty Billy", has been a Civil War Militaria collector and reenactor since he attended the Antietam Centennial in 1962. In 1981, he began selling his museum quality headwear to the public. Many of his reproductions are made using original blocks, and all are the result of his close study of original artifacts and period photographs.
Contact
20 Baltimore St,
Gettysburg, PA 17325
