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  1. M Hatman

    The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

    Betty Hutton!! Wearing Stetsons.......1944!
  2. M Hatman

    The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

    MORE from 1957.....continued......
  3. M Hatman

    The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

    1957......please note how many of the hats are short "stingy" brim offerings, and again 1957!
  4. M Hatman

    The Other Open Roads.....

    Here are two additions of mine, one a really nice unique vintage Meyser (Thanks Stefan!!)......the other, a much newer (80's) maybe Borsalino.....I MUST say the Borsa (the one with my extra wonky crease) is quite a surprise being now one of the thinnest, nicest, felts in my collection......you...
  5. M Hatman

    The Other Open Roads.....

    Well, indeed it did BEFORE you changed the ribbon, OR's are thin ribbon. The Dobbs Westward is by origional design an OR clone.......... All that said......your hat looks simply fantastic with the replacement ribbon! Best, M
  6. M Hatman

    The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

    Circa 1955.....
  7. M Hatman

    Electric Hat Stretcher

    Well, yes.....and use the form to assist in removing old creases and wrinkles as well as to smooth and block (partially at least) the hat. M
  8. M Hatman

    Electric Hat Stretcher

    It is really best to not even worry about the heat at all.....no fried sweats or toasted felt!;)
  9. M Hatman

    Now looking for a MacLachlan 50 or 100

    AWESOME AD!!!!!! And here I was thinking we were looking for this.... M:rolleyes:;) PS I would like to see what the "university model" is......
  10. M Hatman

    FS Vintage advertisements

    How do you search just your listings? M
  11. M Hatman

    Okay, Okay, how's $1000 or a Straumann dental implant for a Knox One Hundred? [emoji2]

    This comes very very close to many an Ebay listing.....:eek::rolleyes::):D:D:D
  12. M Hatman

    The Lords hat

    A BIG, BIG, HAT FOR THAT BIG, BIG, MAN!!:eek::rolleyes:;) And a way cool one too........
  13. M Hatman

    Okay, Okay, how's $1000 or a Straumann dental implant for a Knox One Hundred? [emoji2]

    For that much money I am contemplating making you a genuine, authentic, facsimile, (fake) but otherwise real example in the color(s) of your choice.............:eek::rolleyes:;););););););)
  14. M Hatman

    Homburg Nation

    Great find Stefan!! That $13.50 price tag puzzles me though.....I have two St Regis Royal Deluxe Homburgs from the 40's......each priced at $12.50. The white tag with the purple puzzles me too........cannot remember seeing one on a Stetson though I do have a couple of those on another brand...
  15. M Hatman

    The Stratoliner Association {Premiere}

    To get back on track.....here is my recently aquired Premier Mink Stratoliner. The pin is an origional TWA DC 3 as came with the strats when they were introduced around 1939-1940. This hat is an early production from 2014 in which I find the felt nice but just a bit too thick........they made...
  16. M Hatman

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    This history is wonderful. As to the sweatband stores (mainly hat stores but others who would clean and block hats) kept these in stock all debossed and ready to go to replace sweats. They did not disassemble old stock hats to recover them......too much work. And the sweats after all are the...
  17. M Hatman

    Decline of the Hat

    Actually even the wealthy businessmen of the past spent more time out doors than one would imagine. My grandfather did not take cabs everywhere and especially when downtown would walk a few blocks from his offices to the Board of Trade Building. Part of it was that even back then walking was...
  18. M Hatman

    Decline of the Hat

    Here is a very interesting and thoughtfull article on our topic of hat decline....... Pretty well done and well researched!:eek: Reading the part about walking outside a lot made me think of the opening credits of the first couple of years of the "Bob Newhart Show", showing images of a hatted...
  19. M Hatman

    Decline of the Hat

    In 1953 we seem to have had a National Hat Week!! I also have other ads from this time with a reminder...... M

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