Pre- 1940s Stetson dress hats.

[Blare]

1920's Exposition Homburg, Excellent Quality, Lot 4694

A Stetson Exposition Homburg, Excellent Quality grade still in excellent condition. According to the Seller, in 1955 his parents bought the original farm house of an orange orchard in Monterey Park, CA that was built in 1916. This Stetson hat was in a hat box left in the house. His mother remembers the previous owner of the house was a salesman of some sort. They kept the hat in the box all these yrs.

Silverwood was a men's clothing store founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1894 by Francis Bernard (Daddy) Silverwood. What started as 1 store grew slowly to become a chain of 18 stores but Silverwood ended their 97 yr run at yr end 1991.


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Silverwood $6.00 price tag

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What a find HJ! Tremendous

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Nice, Jack. And a 7 5/8, even.

What a find HJ! Tremendous

Thanks guys! It's been boxed up since I last wore it 5 yrs ago. Guess I need to get duded up more.

 

[Frunobulax]

Thanks guys! It's been boxed up since I last wore it 5 yrs ago. Guess I need to get duded up more.

That's a sin, Jack! Wear that bad boy, even if it's with cut-offs and sandals.

 

[Just Daniel]

Sweet hat!

1920's Exposition Homburg, Excellent Quality, Lot 4694

A Stetson Exposition Homburg, Excellent Quality grade still in excellent condition. According to the Seller, in 1955 his parents bought the original farm house of an orange orchard in Monterey Park, CA that was built in 1916. This Stetson hat was in a hat box left in the house. His mother remembers the previous owner of the house was a salesman of some sort. They kept the hat in the box all these yrs.

Silverwood was a men's clothing store founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1894 by Francis Bernard (Daddy) Silverwood. What started as 1 store grew slowly to become a chain of 18 stores but Silverwood ended their 97 yr run at yr end 1991.


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[alanfgag]

A real beauty... with the old Silverwoods imprint too. Great to see,

 

[alanfgag]

BTW, I have a similar hat, a little later example, in select quality. I like to think of these as upbrim soft hats rather than homburgs, but I'm not sure there is much of a difference.

 

[Bamaboots]

1920's Exposition Homburg, Excellent Quality, Lot 4694

A Stetson Exposition Homburg, Excellent Quality grade still in excellent condition. According to the Seller, in 1955 his parents bought the original farm house of an orange orchard in Monterey Park, CA that was built in 1916. This Stetson hat was in a hat box left in the house. His mother remembers the previous owner of the house was a salesman of some sort. They kept the hat in the box all these yrs.

Silverwood was a men's clothing store founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1894 by Francis Bernard (Daddy) Silverwood. What started as 1 store grew slowly to become a chain of 18 stores but Silverwood ended their 97 yr run at yr end 1991.


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Beautiful hat. That’s the kind of hat that makes me want to get another Homburg even though I’ve passed on every one I’ve ever owned.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Sweet hat!

A real beauty... with the old Silverwoods imprint too. Great to see,

I like to think of these as upbrim soft hats rather than homburgs, but I'm not sure there is much of a difference.

Thanks for the info Alan.

Beautiful hat.

Thanks for the comments, guys. I'm happy to be its caretaker.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

That's a sin, Jack! Wear that bad boy, even if it's with cut-offs and sandals.

No Hawaiian shirts, cutoffs or sandals.

 

[Mean Eyed Matt]

These pics are fabulous!!!
How did you do?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

These pics are fabulous!!!
How did you do?

Thanks Matt! I started out looking for some old time & Sepia tone software or app. Never found anything too authentic looking so far but along the way I found a couple of artistic programs that I kind of like that I kept. I'm learning that the pic you start with has a lot to do with how the results look.

I wish I could find a studio or some props to use.

 

[Mean Eyed Matt]

Never found anything too authentic looking so far but along the way I found a couple of artistic programs that I kind of like that I kept.

If I may ask: which program did you use for the pics above?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

If I may ask: which program did you use for the pics above?

Matt, I’m out for HH now. I’ll post a link later when I get back home.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

If I may ask: which program did you use for the pics above?

Sometimes you have to do a couple layers to get to what you want. This is the link I find most helpful. I'm still looking for something to produce tintype & daguerreotype photography if you know of anything.

https://www11.lunapic.com/editor/

 

[Mean Eyed Matt]

Thanks for the link, Jack.
Unfortunately I don't have an external programme for tintypes or similar.
My smartphone has an internal image editing programme
that has such things as a default setting...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Copper & Gold Crest with Chestnut Street rondel.

 

[alanfgag]

Imperial Stetson in 3X Beaver Quality - a fifteen dollar hat when sold c.1940 perhaps late 1930s. Hard to capture the intense pine green felt in a photo. One of my favorite hats, worn brim up.

 

[Frunobulax]

Imperial Stetson in 3X Beaver Quality - a fifteen dollar hat when sold c.1940 perhaps late 1930s. Hard to capture the intense pine green felt in a photo. One of my favorite hats, worn brim up.

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Dang.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Imperial Stetson in 3X Beaver Quality - a fifteen dollar hat when sold c.1940 perhaps late 1930s. Hard to capture the intense pine green felt in a photo. One of my favorite hats, worn brim up.

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Color, shape, and my favorite Stetson liner: about as close to perfection as they come.

 

[Redfokker]

Imperial Stetson in 3X Beaver Quality - a fifteen dollar hat when sold c.1940 perhaps late 1930s. Hard to capture the intense pine green felt in a photo. One of my favorite hats, worn brim up.

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This is one special hat Alan. Absolutely pristine. Love that liner logo so much.