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  1. MikeinRome

    Stetson Sweat Stamps/ LOT XXXX

    The fastest way you can prove me wrong is for you to start a thread listing all of the known hat manufacturers who had Lot Numbers exactly like that on the back of their sweatbands. Shouldn't take you long- I'd say about 5 minutes, since the grand total of such hatmakers IS EXACTLY ZERO!!!
  2. MikeinRome

    Stetson Sweat Stamps/ LOT XXXX

    I'm not remarking about your intelligence. I'm remarking about your lack of same.
  3. MikeinRome

    The Disney Diner

    Blare, I was thinking a lot of the same things you said, so you saved me the time of writing it. In fact, seems to me that hats labeled as Mr Disney in the 50's and 60's are only a small minority, while those labeled just Disney are in the distinct majority.
  4. MikeinRome

    Stetson Sweat Stamps/ LOT XXXX

    I really thought you were smarter than that.
  5. MikeinRome

    The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

    Article in The American Hatter, August 1911, about Stetson soon to be opening a store in New York City, about in October 1911. Also a Stetson ad in the same issue of The American Hatter.
  7. MikeinRome

    The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

    Advertisement in the July 1912 issue of The American Hatter giving statistics about Stetson hatmaking for the year 1911.
  8. MikeinRome

    Collective History of Stetson Hats

    An advertisement in the July 1912 issue of The American Hatter giving statistics about Stetson hatmaking for the year 1911.
  9. MikeinRome

    Stetson Sweat Stamps/ LOT XXXX

    "The Sheridan" model hat made for the Bloom Shoe & Clothing Co of Sheridan, Wyoming. It has a mfg tag for Thanhauser Hat Co, but it also has a Stetson Lot Number on the sweatband, Lot Number 224X, so Stetson must have made this hat. I think the hat dates approximately 1912 offhand, and I'm...
  10. MikeinRome

    Pre 1940s dress hats

    I couldn't tell until I got this hat if it resembled a Homburg or Derby in any way, but it doesn't, it's just an early fedora. Has 2 1/4 inch brim with 3/8 bound edge. 5 inch open crown, the ribbon is 1 7/8 inch. Combining what I think about the date of the Union label and now with the Stetson...
  11. MikeinRome

    Look for the Union Label

    An article about the United Hatters of North America Union in The American Hatter, April 1901 issue.
  13. MikeinRome

    Alexander Hats

    Article about the G W Alexander Co opening a store in New York City, from The American Hatter magazine of March 1901. Also an ad for this store in the April 1901 American Hatter.
  14. MikeinRome

    Collective History of Stetson Hats

    Article on the conditions and organization, etc of the John B Stetson factory ca. 1900, in The American Hatter magazine, March 1901.
  15. MikeinRome

    The School of Hard Knox

    Obituary for Edward M Knox from The American Hatter, April 1916.
  16. MikeinRome

    THE MALLORY MILE

    More advertising for Cravenette goods by another company, in The American Hatter, April 1916. The fine print says Cravenette had been known and advertised for 17 years, so it seems the Cravenette process was put on the market about 1899.
  17. MikeinRome

    Bows take a bow

    If your Collins & Fairbanks is half as nice as mine, then you have a real winner. I picked mine up today for the first time in a while and I swear it felt more like a Forty hat than a Twenty that I first estimated!
  19. MikeinRome

    THE MALLORY MILE

    Mallory ad from The American Hatter, July 1912. Caption reads "Papa won't care. It's a Mallory Cravenette."
  20. MikeinRome

    Stetson Medalist History?

    Article on "Leghorn" Italian straw hats from The American Hatter, June 1912. In this article, the term they use for the type of straw for these Leghorn hats is "paglia nostrale" or "paglia Fiorentina", from the Province of Florence.
  21. MikeinRome

    Post New Hats Here!

    Crofut & Knapp apparently copyrighted or were licensed to use the Collins & Fairbanks name and logo sometime prior to 1901, according to this item on hat trademarks from The American Hatter, August 1902 and a similar article in a 1901 issue of The American Hatter.
  22. MikeinRome

    Look for the Union Label

    A Union label for Cloth Hat and Cap Makers, in The American Hatter, August 1902.
  23. MikeinRome

    THE MALLORY MILE

    Advertising for Cravenette goods by B Priestley & Co, in The American Hatter, Aug 1902.

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