In case you haven't seen the factory on your hat's label... 369-413 St. Marks Avenue Brooklyn. Now, apartments, a short walk to Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park.
Very nice derby - I believe your guess at Knox before the creation of HCA is a good one. I think the d’Orsay curl uses more brim on the sides than on the front, unlike the uneven brim cut that we call a dimensional brim. Just my .02 on that.
Borsalino Gorasgu - a hat of ample size and weight, made for sale in the U.S. market but without a store imprint on the sweatband. Perhaps 1940s, just before or just after WWII.
Borsalino Gorasgu - a hat of ample size and weight, made for sale in the U.S. market but without a store imprint on the sweatband. Perhaps 1940s, just before or just after WWII.
Early Stetson No.1 Quality with vertical inkless imprint. The store name features silver foil which appears on a number of pre-1920 hats I've owned. Not sure what metal was used in the foil stamp but frequently most of it is missing. I'd guess this hat to be c.1920. It has modest dimensions (3"...
Great to have the hat connected with family history. The dating tools we have around these parts are more art than science. Samples with date stamps are few and far between.
Stetson hat size was marked with a small round sticker affixed to the sweatband for much of the 1920s and 1930s, moving...
Borsalino Ipersca, likely post-WWII. Liner imprint for a Roman retailer but with sweatband markings for the U.S. market. I suspect managing business during and just after the war was pandemonium, much like today.
My guess is that your great grandfather's death predates this hat. It is from the 1930s but the gold printed keyhole size tag likely puts it later in the decade. If you can safely find the LOTXXXX number stamped on the back side of the sweatband near the front of the hat, that might shed some...
Just for a little spice, tiny salt spoon by Kenneth Begay. These come up for sale frequently… I was happy to find one at a modest price. About 2” long, beautifully crafted.
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