Folk musician Booth Campbell in Cane Hill, Arkansas, during the Depression Era. Photograph by Vance Randolph, folklorist of the Ozarks Plateau. Digital image from the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Wasn’t me Randy.
Nice hat! The 1920 date is within the range of possibility, although that red/white factory sticker lasted until around 1940.
It wasn’t a Filson collaboration with Stetson in this case. Just a store that sold the hat. Almost every hat store that sold Stetson had the...
I don’t have experience with that particular felt, but I would use steam (preferred) or just wet it with distilled water prior to shaping. Dry creasing could “spider” the felt.
That model is most likely from 1958 (when the Boeing 707 went into regular service) until 1967 (when Byer-Rolnick no longer had the Resistol brand). You might be able to search for old advertising that could narrow that range a bit. Does the sweatband say “Kitten Finish” on it? Those...
My Great Aunt with her husband and son. I never really knew the menfolk, as she moved to live next to my Grandparents as an elderly lady (who crocheted afghans).
Mid-to-late 1930s Stetson Excellent Quality Feather Weight. Size 7-1/4. This hat store was down the road from the Stetson factory — I wonder if it was some sort of special order as I’ve not seen a three-color logo debossing like this.
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