Artwork Featuring Hats

[deadlyhandsome]

In 1932 the three largest Hatters; Cavanagh, Dunlap and Knox merged to become the Hat Corporation of America (known as Hat-Co.) A company led by John Cavanagh. Cavanagh went to work for William A. Brown hatters of Norwalk at the age of 17. In 1880 he began working for Crofut & Knapp, where he was mentored by James H. Knapp. By 1907, Cavanagh was vice-president of Crofut & Knapp, and from 1923 to 1937, he was president of the company.

In 1928 Cavanagh created the company of Cavanagh-Dobbs Inc., which included his own hat label, Cavanagh Hats, and a retail outlet in New York City, John Cavanagh Ltd. In 1932, he founded the Hat Corporation of America, merging his brands with Knox & Dunlap.

I thought Hat Corporation of America and Hat-Co were different companies.


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[GHT]

I thought Hat Corporation of America and Hat-Co were different companies.

Easy done, for years I didn't realise that Standard Oil and Esso were one and the same. Standard's initials should have been the giveaway.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Artist unknown.

 

[Frunobulax]

I thought Hat Corporation of America and Hat-Co were different companies.


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They are/were.

 

[Frunobulax]

...or when eating or drinking alone. Agreed. I remember a "clause" too about dining side by side rather than facing one another.

There is a photo that has been posted on here more than a few times (probably in Non-Shorpy) of a diner in Texas with a lunch counter down one side, and a row of tables against the was on the other. Everybody at the counter is wearing their hat, and everybody at a table has their hat hung on a hook on the wall next to the table. I didn't know about the alone thing.

Then here is a picture of McSorley's Ale House from the 1930s. It didn't matter too much to them.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

They are/were.

Yeah, I was sure they were, but he was positive and I didn’t make an issue of it.


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[Michael R.]

Pardners by Ron McGinnis

 

[Michael R.]

The Last Plainsman by
GARY BERGREN

 

[GHT]

Artwork by Jack Birns:

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Pardners by Ron McGinnis

Great detail in both paintings but I particularly like this one. Will be studying it for a while.

The Last Plainsman

 

[Frunobulax]

Artwork by Jack Birns:
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Watercolors?

 

[GHT]

Watercolors?

It didn't say, we had some friends call by this morning, they've booked a few days in the South of France later in the year and are getting there on the famous train. They had remembered seeing our photos from our own Orient Express adventure, I copied the website from my friend's phone to my lap top, noted the artist and simply cut and pasted the pictures. You do have an eye for detail though, they certainly do look like watercolours. The talent that some people have!

 

[Frunobulax]

It didn't say, we had some friends call by this morning, they've booked a few days in the South of France later in the year and are getting there on the famous train. They had remembered seeing our photos from our own Orient Express adventure, I copied the website from my friend's phone to my lap top, noted the artist and simply cut and pasted the pictures. You do have an eye for detail though, they certainly do look like watercolours. The talent that some people have!

Interestingly enough, I Googled Jack Birns. According to Wikipedia, he was an American Photographer, no mention of painting or other mediums. Although he did also have a commercial diving company.

 

[Frunobulax]

It didn't say, we had some friends call by this morning, they've booked a few days in the South of France later in the year and are getting there on the famous train. They had remembered seeing our photos from our own Orient Express adventure, I copied the website from my friend's phone to my lap top, noted the artist and simply cut and pasted the pictures. You do have an eye for detail though, they certainly do look like watercolours. The talent that some people have!

It's Albert Brenet, not Jack Birns.

https://www.google.com/search?q=a.+...Uoc98KHQJtBEUQ_AUoAnoECBEQBA&biw=1920&bih=923

 

[GHT]

Interestingly enough, I Googled Jack Birns. According to Wikipedia, he was an American Photographer, no mention of painting or other mediums. Although he did also have a commercial diving company.

Jack Birns was definitely credited with "the artwork." What struck me was the spelling of Birns. It is mostly spelt Burns, and occasionally spelt Byrnes, but I have never seen it spelt Birns, that's how I know, remember and credited the paintings to him. After seeing your detective work, and without the ambiguous Wikipedia, I speculated that perhaps Birns did some fine photography of the scenes depicted then along came Albert Brenet, who was inspired by Birns' work.

Have to say, that was a fine piece of sleuthing on your part, you should set up an alternative Wiki, at least we could trust your information. I'm seriously impressed.

 

[Frunobulax]

Jack Birns was definitely credited with "the artwork." What struck me was the spelling of Birns. It is mostly spelt Burns, and occasionally spelt Byrnes, but I have never seen it spelt Birns, that's how I know, remember and credited the paintings to him. After seeing your detective work, and without the ambiguous Wikipedia, I speculated that perhaps Birns did some fine photography of the scenes depicted then along came Albert Brenet, who was inspired by Birns' work.

Have to say, that was a fine piece of sleuthing on your part, you should set up an alternative Wiki, at least we could trust your information. I'm seriously impressed.

No sleuthing, really. I just zoomed in on the artist's signature at the bottom of the second piece.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I. W. Harper painted on glass

 

[T Jones]

I don't know who the artist is on this one... it may have been some artwork that was on the cover of a paperback Western.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I don't know who the artist is on this one... it may have been some artwork that was on the cover of a paperback Western.

Wild West Weekly (1936)

 

[Bamaboots]

Wild West Weekly (1936)

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Good find, Jack. Do you have that issue?