Early 20th Century ads showing hat syles

[deanglen]

Ran across these ads. Great styles and variety of that period of the first few decades of the 20th century. There's even a fedora with a "Montana" peak!

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[feltfan]

Wow, the guy on the right seems to be wearing a
soft version of a park ranger's hat. Check out that
crown shape. Some of the vintage park ranger hats
had ribbons with bows like dress hats, rather than the
cords or leather hat bands one sees on most such hats.

Anyone ever seen anything like that
in a dress hat before? If it weren't so stiff, I'd be
tempted to reblock the brim of my park ranger hat
to that fedora style... I may yet.

 

[stylinfedoras]

I like the way the brims are set on many of these hats but in reality I find that many of my hats are very stubborn taking any set to the brim. I swear that one of my Panamas must have a wire in laced into the fold over on the perimeter of the brim and simply cannot be reset from its natural state no matter how much steam I apply.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

It's also interesting to see so many of the styles being "brim up". I think historically this was very common, more than we think.