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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Mine is like yours, including the shark gill bow, and patterned lining but in a very dark blue. I cannot remember the brim binding or not but the felt is very nice and can be creased with ease......"somewhere around here, there is a picture or two" as they say.;) Ps: found one of my... -
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The Other Open Roads.....
Yes, it really is.......the color and contrasting ribbon greatly resemble what Stetson just released with their 20X limited edition OR. It really stands out! -
The Other Open Roads.....
Yes, I was very surprised to find this one.....and in great shape. Very lucky find...... -
The Dobbs Diner...
I cannot remember when it was first introduced. I know Stetson was fooling around with their felted edge (and other brim treatments) in the thirties. I have a thirties Dobbs with the Cavanaugh edge...it is very narrow....but other than that is just like the later versions. The sweat is... -
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Photos of hatters tools
I had never seen this either.....but they have to be around don't they? I mean most every hat shop should have had one...like my shop had similar button trays. I guess a lot does get binned after it is no longer needed or the shops close..... and YES, I love the advertising on the underside of... -
HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
1932 Tri-Fold, more here: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-stetson-way-advertising-and-ephemera-of-the-golden-era.92141/page-23#post-3135030 -
HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
1930 more here: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-dobbs-diner.18579/page-136#post-3135051 -
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HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
Two Catalogs I need to photograph (each has about 30 pages!). -
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The Dobbs Diner...
1930 pocket catalog: Talk about Art Deco........ -
The Other Open Roads.....
Biltmore 4 X Quality "Wilderness" in "Fawn" with 2 3/4 bound brim, 5 5/8 open crown. VERY soft fine felt. I love the contrast colored trim and the "Swallow Tail" cut to the ribbon ends. I put in a Truman pinch. -
Photos of hatters tools
Circa 1900. These attached (glued) to the lining tips of stiff hats as a rule (Soft hats required letters clipped to the sweat so they would not fall off). These letters and eagles are the of the glue on variety. Plain black stiff paper covered board box, hinged with silk stops, no markings... -
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Show us their hats!
Two soft hats circa 1885 from the same photographer......
