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Pre 1940s dress hats
Actually, what the brim width is can be debated. If you think the hat should be as pictured, with the brim edge turned up somewhat like a Homburg, then the finished width is about 2 1/2. If you think the hat has shrunk with age and the brim needs to be steamed flat, then it's 3 inches.- MikeinRome
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Pre 1940s dress hats
Pre-1917 T W Hobson & Co hat. Has 3 inch bound brim and 6 1/4 inch open crown. The edge binding is mostly on the bottom side, 1/2 inch binding. Has 2 inch sweatband and 2 1/8 inch ribbon. I'm dating this before 1917 because the Union label doesn't have the little Printers Union "bug" in the...- MikeinRome
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What hat are you waiting for today?
I see that sweatband phrase Leakproof and Sweatproof in the Miller Stockman catalogs from 1943 and still using it in 1956, which isn't a huge help in dating these hats and liners, but it's something, I suppose.- MikeinRome
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The Official Stetson Nutria Quality Thread
You're right. I was incredibly lucky to win the bid on this hat, and for much less than I was afraid it would take, but I was ready to bid to the Moon for this one, which I never expected to have a chance to own.- MikeinRome
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The Official Stetson Nutria Quality Thread
About 1952 Stetson Nutria Quality. Has 3 1/2 inch brim and 5 3/4 inch open crown. Has a detached OPS tag behind sweatband.- MikeinRome
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The School of Hard Knox
1950's Knox straw. Has 2 3/8 brim. I was also drawn to this hat because it was sold in South Carolina, where I have deep family roots going back to about 1750 or earlier.- MikeinRome
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Stetson "The Sovereign Twenty"
About mid 1950's Stetson Sovereign Twenty. Has 2 1/2 inch brim with Mode Edge, and 5 1/2 inch open crown.- MikeinRome
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Pre 1940s (non-Stetson) Westerns
The same Unknown Maker hat after cleaning.- MikeinRome
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THE MALLORY MILE
Mallory Dallas that's for sale on eBay now. Has a keyhole shaped size tag like Stetson hats, but says Mallory on it. Can't recall seeing this tag before or been so long I've forgotten.- MikeinRome
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Pre 1940s Stetson Westerns
Here's a picture of a "Ray Bell shape" hat from the Hamley's catalog #36 from 1936, so Stetson was making Ray Bell hats at least by that date. This particular hat here has a 7 1/4 inch open crown and 4 inch brim.- MikeinRome
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Shudde Bros. Hatters in Houston
I forgot to mention this Beaver Deluxe after I received it. Another great one. There's really little or no difference between this grade of Shudde hat and Stetson's 7X Clear Beaver.- MikeinRome
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Post New Hats Here!
About mid 1950's Stetson 4X Beaver Quality with embroidered Last Drop liner. Has 3 inch brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown. For whatever reason, these hats are very scarcely seen. I've found 3 others on the Lounge, the most recent of this style dating to 1962 having the black rectangular size tag...- MikeinRome
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Post New Hats Here!
1960's, maybe early 70's, before they added the metric size to it.- MikeinRome
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The Dobbs Diner...
From the Hatted Professor article on dating Dobbs hats.- MikeinRome
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The Dobbs Diner...
Well, I said this liner was for hats of $20 and up. Maybe I should have said it was for higher priced hats. I can't swear it wasn't ever used early on for $15 hats. But in my mind I always associate it with $20 and higher, since that's what you usually see.- MikeinRome
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The Dobbs Diner...
I'm not absolutely sure, but I seem to think that some a bit earlier were $15 hats. I can't swear to it.- MikeinRome
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The Dobbs Diner...
1950's Dobbs Gay Prince, dark blue. Has 2 3/4 inch brim and 5 3/4 inch open crown. This was a $20 hat when new. The sweatband doesn't say "Dobbs Twenty", but the type of liner in this hat was only put in hats costing $20 or more.- MikeinRome
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The Lee Lounge
Lee Adventure Blue Label. Has 2 1/2 inch brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown.- MikeinRome
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Alexander Hats
G W Alexander hat. 4 inch brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown. Has no mfg tag, so difficult to date. Maybe 1950's? It is stamped "Hub Hubbell Rodeo Hats". He toured around the Country performing and maybe sold these hats on the side? This might be one of those Alexander Circle A hats.- MikeinRome
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