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[Hurricane Jack]

Can anyone help me date this Bradford Ltd western fedora? My wife bought a large number of vintage women's hats at a yard sale and this was among them. It's too large for me to wear, and besides, I'm just not a cowboy. My son-in-law actually is, so I'm going to give it to him for Christmas. I did some research on Bradford Ltd. but I wasn't able to date it. I had it cleaned a reshaped, probably a mistake from a collectors point of view, but my son-in-law isn't a collector so if it fits reasonably well he'll probably use it. Any help you could give in dating it would be appreciated.

Before and after cleaning and reshaping
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Older than you think. One of the Resistol brands, I made note of the Art Byer name. 2-cord ribbon. Michael R has/had Bradfords in his collection & would know more if we can get him to come back & post.

 

[BobHufford]

Was Art the progeny of Edward R.?