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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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Stetson One-hundred

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Beautiful day in staten island new york today. Breaking out this vintage stetson panama from the 1950s. Amazing condition given its age the sweatband is mint. View attachment 785783 View attachment 785784 View attachment 785785 View attachment 785786 View attachment 785787 View attachment 785788 View attachment 785791

Did some research and turns out this hat is from the early 1950's because it has an OPS tag.

Office of Price Stabilization, which operated during the Korean War era (1950–1953)

The price control markings reading "O.P.S. Sec. 43 C.P.R. 7 Price $7.50" place this hat more precisely in the early 1950s

The OPA (Office of Price Administration) was the WWII equivalent — OPS came after, during Korea when inflation concerns prompted price controls again.

$7.50 was a significant price for a hat in 1951-52 — roughly $90 in today's money
 

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