Recent content by BobHufford

Incoming. Looks like a cool (possibly 100-year-old) hat from the Willard E. Dorsett clothing store in Paris, Illinois. I’ve found references to the store in 1918 and 1920, as well as a different store that Mr. Dorsett worked at in 1908. 1918:

No … spaced out the end of the auction. :-(

Saw this “out there” and thought this Kensington was worth documenting here for the ribbon/bow alone.

Buffalo Bill at a desk with A. W. Mayfield, the “Boss” of the National Order of Cowboy Rangers. Circa 1910.

Thanks guys — it was really a surprise and the cousin is excited to have something her Grandmother helped make.

We ran across these quilts in a flea market. The one from the Ozark, Missouri Working Circle (established 1938?) caught my wife’s eye and, as she was checking out the quilters’ names embroidered into each square, she nearly dropped the quilt and just looked at me in shock. Finally I...

It had a top hat in it, but not sure if it was original to the box — no visible Borsalino markings on it.

In the interest of equal exposure of defunct major catalogers, I present this 1967 Montgomery Ward shipping box.

Tall Borsalino. Not mine…

Lady and gentleman … Barry Kent!

I had something similar last week when a eBay hat buyer read “Size 7, 2-3/8” brim” as a size 7-3/8 and had me cancel the order after purchase.

You can zoom in and crop part of that photo for the Shadow/Silhouette thread!

Happy Easter everyone.

Lebanon, Missouri (1940).