Antique shop find: Imperial Stetson

[Dinerman]

We made a trip today for an interview I had for an art program, and of course, hit some antique shops along the way.

I found this hanging on a bedpost in an antique mall in Westminster, MD.

There was no price on it, but the shopkeeper let me have it for ten bucks.

The stitching holding the reeding to the hat is coming out, so I'm going to need to stitch that back in, but the important stitching, the stitching holding the sweatband to the reeding is still strong.

The brim is 2-7/8", and has a 3/8" overwelt, with no stitching going through the bottom.
5-1/2" crown.
It's marked a 7-3/8, but has shrunk down to a 7-1/4.

 

[Razzman]

WoW! That's a beauty! Very nice find. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[M_Jones]

Sheesh, some guys get all the luck. Not only is it one sweet looking lid, it is also a steal at ten bucks. Congrats. :eusa_clap






P.S. Where's the picture of you wearing it?

 

[Dinerman]

 

[M_Jones]

Much better. Which color is more accurate, the one in your first post or the one of you wearing it? Dang that is a nice one.......


Regards,
Hollis

 

[Dinerman]

It's somewhere between the two. A little bit closer to the one on my head though.

seems like I can't leave the house without coming home with a hat.

 

[AlanC]

Dinerman, you're an antique mall beast! Great hat.

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

It's just uncanny the luck you have finding these old hats. Congrats!!

 

[carter]

Fedora

That is one cool topper! Congratulations.

 

[Duck]

Great find, Dinerman!! Yes, it does seem like you are having great luck in finding some really nice hats.:eusa_clap

 

[DanielJones]

Dang Dinerman, you have some of the best antique shop luck. Good find indeed!:eusa_clap
Congratulations!

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Prof Branestawm]

That's a lovely hat.

 

[Dinerman]

Thanks all.
They're out there for cheap. You just have to look hard enough.

 

[DOUGLAS]

Great find Dman, How does the felt feel? Is it dense,heavy and rich?

 

[Dinerman]

Medium weight, kind of floppy, very smooth, very dense

 

[The real Henry]

!!! Now THAT's a great lid! Especially the 'sharp-edged' bash look nice!

Man, I began to wonder if something has happened to you as you didn't post about a new hat find for a about a whole week!

Suits you well!




Regards,
Henrik

 

[Feraud]

Thanks all.
They're out there for cheap. You just have to look hard enough.

I like your attitude. :eusa_clap

 

[Dinerman]

Well, I was looking under the sweatband, trying to assess how to go about fixing it, and I found, stamped under there, a date: September 26, 1945

 

[PapaSimone]

Nice hat!
I love that there is a date. Do you think that is the day it was made? For perspective that date Duke Ellington performing at the New Zanzibar at West 49th and Broadway in New York City.
Also on that date: September 26, 1945 - The first American death in Vietnam occurs, during the unrest in Saigon, as OSS officer Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey is killed by Viet Minh guerrillas who mistook him for a French officer. Before his death, Dewey had filed a report on the deepening crisis in Vietnam, stating his opinion that the U.S. "ought to clear out of Southeast Asia."

The date makes it a living time capsule!

 

[Rick Blaine]

Nice hat!
I love that there is a date. Do you think that is the day it was made? For perspective that date Duke Ellington performing at the New Zanzibar at West 49th and Broadway in New York City.
Also on that date: September 26, 1945 - The first American death in Vietnam occurs, during the unrest in Saigon, as OSS officer Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey is killed by Viet Minh guerrillas who mistook him for a French officer. Before his death, Dewey had filed a report on the deepening crisis in Vietnam, stating his opinion that the U.S. "ought to clear out of Southeast Asia."

The date makes it a living time capsule!

Superb context, thanks !