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jimmy the lid said:Gorgeous! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Agreed! I'm glad you got that one, Sue. :eusa_clap
jimmy the lid said:Gorgeous! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
It would seem Brock was made by Stetson in Canada.ScottF said:Just won this greenish Brock, along with a couple of others. I don't know anything about Brocks - anyone else?
jonbuilder said:That hat looks like it was made for you Sue.
Mario said:
billysmom said:Garrett - Here you go! Haven't done any creasing or brim shaping. This is just as it came from the box.
Mr. Paladin said:Just my size. I don't know how I missed it; maybe it was hidden behind a homburg!
Mario said:
Mr. Paladin said:Just my size. I don't know how I missed it; maybe it was hidden behind a homburg!
Mario said:lol lol
munchausen said:Holy crap, having seen how much the last ones have gone for the buyer got an absolute bargain!!! ...
CRH said:That's me in the middle but if I can get my head into a Whippet for $22.50 I'll make a deal with the devil to be the guy on the right .
RBH said:It would seem Brock was made by Stetson in Canada.
The first Brock hat ad I found was from 1922.
Lefty said:I don't see anything about the Brock that would separate it from other Stetson designs. Any thoughts?
Lefty said:Does Snyder specify what those difficulties were? I'm also curious as to what happened to those companies when the difficulties ended.
Oh, and, um...Canada...overseas...? [huh]
Mario said:
jimmy the lid said:From Snyder's Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company:
In 1935, as it became increasingly difficult to market their hats overseas, Stetson began setting up plants in other countries to thwart the tariff restrictions. Their first foreign plant was located in Canada. Stetson "acquired a substantial interest" in the Wolthausen Hat Corporation in Brockville, Ontario. One of the largest manufacturers of men's fur hats in Canada, Wolthausen producing [sic] Brock hats and other lines known throughout the Dominion. These continued to be produced, along with Stetsons. It was the first time Stetson hats had ever been produced outside of Philadelphia. Other foreign branches were soon opened in Mexico, Australia and elsewhere.
Cheers,
JtL
rumblefish said:^ I got a Whippet and a few hours later,,,
I got a Whippit ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130326290688&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123