Another question I've been pondering - the hat is of high quality compared to any standard but at what price point was it originally sold? Would a sporty (for the time period) model such as this have been in the middle of the JHS hierarchy or was it high up there? Perhaps low? Etc.
The seller frequents a flea market in Dayton, Ohio and picked it up from a woman who claimed her father owned it. I'm not sure when it came across the pond but am glad it did.
There are only a few hats I have coveted dearly in the 8 years I've been on this forum - (Alan's Hawes Von Gal, Steve's JHS Superior Crystal and RLK'S pre-WW1 JHS velour). The recent 19th century JHS Loutre is the rarest hat I've come across. With the original box (what's left of it) makes it...
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