The strange world of Americans, according to the British

Desperate Dan is a comic in the Dandy that has been running before any of you were born. He is American.

Even though  the comic takes place in modern times, they have very old trains in the U.S.

They also have mayors who wear this:

Is this an American thing or a British thing?
I'll have to grab some more Americans from U.K comics some time. Fact: American men wear big hats, and the women have lots of jewelry.