Early long hair velour - finish is like mink fur. Ribbon and sweatband are replacements - original sweatband has been retained. Very little information, very high quality felt body.
Thanks for the thumbs up on this one, which was a renovation project between our longtime members Garrett and Josh B. I'm very happy it made its way to my house.
Here are the three bracelets in my collection produced during the IACB marking era. I have one necklace - also marked U.S. Navajo 70. The program relied on one or two sets of individual letters and numerals and the process of inspecting, approving and certifying the qualifying pieces by stamping...
Hello all - a bump to this thread with a recent addition to my collection. This U.S. Navajo 70 tufa cast bracelet is likely c.1940, its mark attributed to the recently formed Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild in Fort Wingate New Mexico. I have two other pieces that originated from this source during...
WWII era Royal Stetson sold from a tailor/haberdashery located next door to now famous Vidler's 5 & 10 (still there) in the historic town of East Aurora twenty miles southeast of Buffalo. Menashe Kadet, an immigrant who settled in Western NY and died in 1961 followed a familiar path for Jews...
Here a less commonly seen variation of the Vagabond school of lightweight travel friendly hats... the Gadabout has some of the nice fashion panache that Disney often brought to the table. I would guess WWII era for this one.
Interesting. I've owned a couple of Knox 20s... just checked the one I still have and it does have an elastic cord and logo button but one end of the cord is sewn to the hat. Perhaps yours was modified by a retailer for their customer or by the end user after it became separated from the hat...
Supernatural leghorn, but the spooky disappearing brim in the selfie is courtesy portrait mode on my iPhone camera. Hope you get the gist from the other photos. ;^)
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