LOVE this booklet! And you say the would send a homburg in one of those coffin boxes:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:. Now I know the borsas tend to be soft BUT.......shipped in those coffin boxes? :eek::eek::confused::confused: All I can say is WOW!!!!!
Well, this ad I had posted earlier intrigued me so much....I just had to see if I could find one of these......And now I have!:eek:
The box is rough but largely intact. It has the full instructions for use printed on the label. Also pinted on the label: "Convenient And Effective. Essential...
My new Dobbs Key West, a planters style with a 4" brim! THAT will keep the sun off me.....and the wife!:rolleyes::) A real nice cream color.....really like the pug.
A Dobbs Key West......4" brim!:eek: Guaranteed to keep the sun off me (and anyone standing nearby........:rolleyes:;) I thought this would make some of you true westerners proud!:) It looks more white in the photo's but is a nice cream color.......
M
02/14/1944 an inovative new type of hat (the new "demountable brim" model) being shown at a 1944 Chicago Convention of the Merchant Tailors and Designers Association of America. Brim zippers off!!!:eek::eek::eek:
Article copy is wonderful.....titled: "Hat Check Girls Won't Like This".
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1960....former President Truman being presented a hat by then Senator LBJ with Truman showing how he creased his hats. Article copy is interesting because apparently he was presented a 7 1/4 size.....and later it was replaced with a 7 3/8, Truman's true size. So....."size DOES...
SOMEWHERE here I posted it some time ago....missing the liner it has one of those sweats that is corded/ribboned all the way around...can not remember what tags (if any were) present......
Did a quick google search and here you go....I forgot I found interesting things behind the sweat too...
OMG......l am Laughing so hard!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
WOW....l am I reliving the same tale.........:eek::eek::eek:
YEP, a compliment like that IS worth the free drink!:rolleyes::):):):)
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Yes....I really like the Stetsonian too!!!! It is much as it was in 1949 (sans the wind cord)....
And the same still in 1950-51.
I may have a wind cord added to at least my black one!;)
Great History Jack.......I sure like the history you contribute!:)
Yes, I am puzzled by the California connection as well as the obvious sale of 101 Ranch hats well into the 1950's......
My guess is someone either bought the licensing from the family OR at the bankruptcies sales you...
That Champ is fantastic! AND as we wear the same size.....you give me hope to find a hat like that!;) Hmmmmm..............find...... one..........FIND one.......where do you live....again?:rolleyes:
M:):):):)
Well, TODAY (even with the threat of more cold and snow:eek:) I finnally traded out my daily Winter work hat (I wear it MOST days) for my SPRING work hat! And of course wore it to work today! As per normal you can see it does not sport the factory crease......just kept remnants on top......
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