What size is it? Dibbs on it if it's mine
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What hat are you waiting for today?
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We need to verify that it won't fit me first (most likely not, but some 7-3/8 do work).
Dang! Not mine, then. Hope it fits you, Bob.
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I think they switched to the Mr. Disney designation in the late 1940s.
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I’m sure I have a Disney (no “Mr.”) that’s later than the 1940s. Is it possible that there was an overlap where both brandings were used?
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The Professor indicates 1947, with Frank Lee being in possession of the branding since ~1943. But I think the key takeaway is you don't see the Mr. Disney designation before then.
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Yes… probably this. I have what I believe a 1960s Disney Double Eagle without Mr…. Which I’d LOVE to be pre 1947
TheGuitarFairy
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Looks like an oldie, too bad about sweat.
Now that I think about it I should have had it shipped straight to Robert ; )
Snagged horsehair band last night.
Hope everyone's well out there!
Now that I think about it I should have had it shipped straight to Robert ; )
Snagged horsehair band last night.
Hope everyone's well out there!
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You have a Native American toe tag. If it is stamped brass (can't tell with pic) then it would generally predate WWI but since the date is 1918 he may have been a veteran. If not he would have died off the reservation somewhere. Did that come with the hat or the horsehair?
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Oh boy not sure I want to know what a toe tag is.
Hat and band are coming separately, age of two a coincidence.
Seller wrote me band and tag had been boxed together for many years. SH Nite, owner of band and tag, lived from 1886 to 1964.
edit: more specifically this is what was included in band's description:
Appreciate your input, Jack,
Mike
Hat and band are coming separately, age of two a coincidence.
Seller wrote me band and tag had been boxed together for many years. SH Nite, owner of band and tag, lived from 1886 to 1964.
edit: more specifically this is what was included in band's description:
- Metal ID Tag Included for Provenance: "S.H. Nite; Garden City, Kansas: 10-2-1918".
- (S.H. Nite lived from 1886-1964. He was my great-grandfather. He purchased a pharmacy in Montezuma, KS. He married Nina Covert, who was from a prominent family in Garden City, which is not too far from Montezuma. Both Montezuma and Garden City are near Dodge City, KS, where Wyatt Earp and his gang lived.)
Appreciate your input, Jack,
Mike
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I'm wondering if there could have been two S. H. Nite, father & son? What is interesting is that 1918 was the beginning of the Spanish Flu pandemic & it broke out in & devastated SW
KS starting in Haskell county, KS near Dodge City, one county over.
I have a toe tag. Let me think where it is.
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Playing Stetson roulette ...
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Man, I came close to bidding on that hat. It was listed as a size 7 wasn’t it? Beautiful hat in any case.
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Yes ... another tiny one.
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Tiny hats…I just received my 6 7/8 Borsalino that I have no hope of selling but I just had to rescue it.
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New Wolfbrae custom on the way, can't wait. Will post more pictures in the Wolfbrae thread when it arrives.
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Well ... at least I can say I had a Vita Felt in my hands for a short time.
And another hat to cover the shipping!
And another hat to cover the shipping!
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As did I.. good catch Bob. Looking forward to seeing what it is
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A couple stingy Dobbs in 7 1/2 LO:
