Here is a Circa 1960 Shudde Brothers folder that contains 13 postcards you can order a new hat from.....In addition to being hatters they were expert renovators too.....many people think they only offered renovation but like many another hatter they had a full range outfitting store including...
Back in 1945 Wards put out a Western wear catalog (flyer really). In it are these hats.....you can see the inspiration for the crease in my 80's Black 3X pictured at bottom......
One must calculate the odds of an Australian or Canadian Stetson being sold at a hat shop in Arkansas.
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My Bad I guess. I do not have the hat in hand yet.....I could not read the script on the devise I was viewing the image and posting from. Even from this...
Here is a Circa 1935 Multigraph photo postcard of Cowboy Author Will James from my collection.....His initial work "Lone Cowboy, My Life Story" went through several editions......I have two of his works including that one.
The Multigraph processes is quite interesting......more on it...
Just look through this thread......there are some great examples of OTHER than westerns........
I will say...I like them ALL........westerns included!!;)
Here is a Circa 1935 Multigraph photo postcard of Cowboy Author Will James from my collection.....His initial work "Lone Cowboy, My Life Story" went through several editions......I have two of his works including that one.
The Multigraph processes is quite interesting......more on it...
You may wish to consider one of the wool ones (no killed animals). There are actually some real nice wool examples (though they tend to be quite stiff). I have one that I wore a lot and still do occasionally. It is quite thin and nice...hard to tell it is wool.....I cannot remember the brand...
It is on it's way....so when I get it I will be looking.....I sure hope there are!!!!!
The one I posted above it (with the gold tag) IS Canadian but much later (late 70's to 80's?).....
Edit: My understanding is the Canadians and Australians started using metric/inch tag combinations before we...
You are right about the sweat bow.......somehow I overlooked it......one other option may be Australian? The size tag and sweat bow are quite differant.......and I can not find an example here.....o_O
Here is a Stetson White tag that puzzles me....Perhaps Early 60's but with a White fractional tag????
Is it perhaps Canadian????
AND printed upside down as well...........
This is a teaser for one on the way....Mode Edge Twenty......the white size label does puzzle me.....Canadian???
PS: Here is a better picture showing the tag......
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