Western, anyone?

[VoodooSan]

Your profile picture reminded me of another one I've seen. Do you play a guitar?

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I took piano lessons as a child (7, 8 years old?) and, briefly, guitar as an adolescent. Neither stuck, I'm sorry to say.

 

[M Hatman]

A two album archive of Alice Killian, from 1946. She has written a lot of information on the photos and in the margins. This is part of it, note I even have her name tag, wish I had a little more information, but this is how they came (two albums). Despite the name this was not a ranch for young children. Those were the days......(unfortunately she did not seem to include any pictures of herself save the big group photo).

She wrote some notes on the back of each album (including using shorthand, which I cannot read). She also wrote the words to the "Canoe Song". Fun Archive....

 

[Hurricane Jack]

^^^ Painted Lady was a tobiano.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Art Fawcett VS 100X in Navy blue.

 

[VoodooSan]

Art Fawcett VS 100X in Navy blue.

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STUNNING!!!!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Hasn’t been out yet this fall.

1950’s Stetson No. 1Q.

 

[RossRYoung]

One (of several) of my favs of yours, Jack. Though I believe all of these are old pics… would love more drool worthy pics if you get time! Also that black novelty size TG too please

 

[Hurricane Jack]

One (of several) of my favs of yours, Jack. Though I believe all of these are old pics… would love more drool worthy pics if you get time! Also that bl

black novelty size TG too

Thanks for the compliment Ross. It’s among my favs too & Im lucky to have it. I just got it unboxed a little late for the season, so these are old pics. I’ll get some new ones taken. I only need a model to wear it in the bordello bath tub.

Same with the Stetson Tommy Grimes. Maybe you & I should start a maximas fest.

 

[quikrick]

" Maybe you & I should start a maximas fest."

OK, Jack. Now THAT was funny!
I don't know why, but that hit my funny bone!

 

[Rmccamey]

Another beauty, Jack.

Hasn’t been out yet this fall.

1950’s Stetson No. 1Q.

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[Hurricane Jack]

Another beauty, Jack.

Thanks Randy.

 

[One Drop]

Hasn’t been out yet this fall.

1950’s Stetson No. 1Q.

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Wow, impeccable, what a rare and amazing colour!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Wow, impeccable, what a rare and amazing colour!

Thank you. Not sure what Stetson called it but I have described the color as a red roan.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Cold morning called for a maxiMas brim to hold the heat down. Ritch Rand 10X.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Stetson No. 1Q on a foggy morning caffeine run.

 

[MikeinRome]

Miller Fine Hats Denver Colo, 4X Quality. Has 3 3/4 inch bound brim and 5 7/8 inch open crown. I think it has a mfg tag I haven't seen in Miller hats before, but I need to check. Also think the felt feels different from 4X hats of the same era, or that's my first impression. By "same era" I mean the period when the sweatbands say "Leak-proof and Sweat-proof", which stretches from the late 30's into the 50's or so.

 

[MikeinRome]

Miller Fine Hats, Denver Colo., 4X Quality. This hat is for sale on eBay. I show it because it has the mfg tag that is usually seen in Miller hats, when there's a tag at all. This hat has the Leak-proof and Sweat-proof on the sweatband.

 

[BobHufford]

The Hat Doctor custom from hatter Rex Fleming of Ben Wheeler, Texas -- appears to have been in business from 1990 to 2015 at least. 2-7/8" brim, 4-1/2" open crown.

 

[VoodooSan]

Newest addition to the EDW (Every Day Wear) stable is this late-60s vintage 3X Stetson. It has a 3.5” bound brim, a 6.5” open crown, (5.5” at the front crush as shaped), a 6-ply band, and is in what I think they were calling “sorrel tan” back then.

The hat was sold originally by “Big 44 Western Store”, which operated here in Boise from the late 60s to 1991. Fun factoids about Big 44: it was on the same street as the Goodwill Store where I picked up the hat after winning an auction, less than a half mile down the road. Sometime after it closed, the building was occupied by “Cattle Kate’s”, another western-wear store (now located about 7 miles away), which I have frequented both in person, and on-line, for cowboy shooting clothing. And, after Kate’s, it was (and still is) occupied by the morons who completely screwed up the installation of our first koi pond back in Caldwell. Small-world-stuff abounds!

I can’t find an exact match for it in the catalog files. Back in ’57, it would have hit all the markers for a Longhorn, but by the mid 60’s, that model name was being used for a completely different hat, and so I have another “unnamed” member of the family. I’m thinking of simply calling it “Big 44.”

 

[CRH]

Newest addition to the EDW (Every Day Wear) stable is this late-60s vintage 3X Stetson. It has a 3.5” bound brim, a 6.5” open crown, (5.5” at the front crush as shaped), a 6-ply band, and is in what I think they were calling “sorrel tan” back then.

The hat was sold originally by “Big 44 Western Store”, which operated here in Boise from the late 60s to 1991. Fun factoids about Big 44: it was on the same street as the Goodwill Store where I picked up the hat after winning an auction, less than a half mile down the road. Sometime after it closed, the building was occupied by “Cattle Kate’s”, another western-wear store (now located about 7 miles away), which I have frequented both in person, and on-line, for cowboy shooting clothing. And, after Kate’s, it was (and still is) occupied by the morons who completely screwed up the installation of our first koi pond back in Caldwell. Small-world-stuff abounds!

I can’t find an exact match for it in the catalog files. Back in ’57, it would have hit all the markers for a Longhorn, but by the mid 60’s, that model name was being used for a completely different hat, and so I have another “unnamed” member of the family. I’m thinking of simply calling it “Big 44.”


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OK, I'm not much on high fenders but that' a cool dang hat and you wear it well Mr. V.