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Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

rlk

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Stetson Bowler Liner

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From Henry Lytton & Sons Chicago
 

jpbales

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I'll go ahead and post mine here...

although it's already posted in other threads. This one is different from any of the others I've seen on the lounge thus far:

Royal Stetson Leghorn:

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I found an ad for this hat in a June 1952 edition of Esquire magazine, but obviously it could have been made before or after that date.

oh yes, it's a long oval too:
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sweatband measures appx. 1 7/8 inches

EDIT: after reading through this thread and seeing another Long Oval hat size tag with the price on it, I looked at mine and found that it says "$10.00" on the size tag as well.
I would like to hear where you guys would date it
thanks
 

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What are the dates for Stetsons with the clear (now yellow) cover over the middle/center of the liner? I can post a photo if needed. Thanks!

John
 

carouselvic

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If it is oil silk then it is late 40's to early 50's. If it is clear plastic that has just yellowed I would place it mid-fifties. Imperial was very a good line.
 

jimmy the lid

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carouselvic said:
If it is oil skin then it is late 40's to early 50's. If it is clear plastic that has just yellowed I would place it mid-fifties. Imperial was very a good line.

It looks like oil silk to me, and I concur with carouselvic's assessment of late 40's to early 50's -- particularly in light of the style of the size tag, which matches a Stetson I have dating to 1948.

Cheers,
JtL
 
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billyspew said:
As the Vita-felt process has been dated very specifically to the early 40s I thought that posting details of my Homburg might assist in this thread.

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Enjoy.

Bill
I've always thought the black size tag was later, like mid to late 50's, with the plain yellow size tag like Levallois' above to be 40's to early 50's. I have a 3X Open Road & a Royal Stetson Stratoliner with the yellow size tag. IMBM...
 

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Vic once pointed out to me that the long oval tags from the same era are often white/cream.
 

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billyspew said:
As the Vita-felt process has been dated very specifically to the early 40s I thought that posting details of my Homburg might assist in this thread.



Enjoy.

Bill

I also have the same tag as yours, on a Stetson that the consensus of forum members dates as being early '40s.
 

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This is my U.S. Wildlife Service Stetson. During what period did Stetson use this kind of liner? My best friend in high school wore an Open Road (the first OR I ever saw), and I think I recall his hat having such a liner...but I'm not 100% sure. We graduated in seventy-four, so his hat would have been from the late sixties or very early seventies.

Thanks for all opinions!

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AF
 

jimmy the lid

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Atticus -- I tend to think of that liner as being associated with post-Stetson Stetsons. In other words, probably a liner found in post-1970 Stetsons that were manufactured by Stevens. The liner design is a painted version of the "Last Drop from his Stetson" -- a design that was actually embroidered in vintage Stetson liners.

Cheers,
JtL
 

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1950's Canadian silver lining

This one has silver instead of gold. It's from Canada, and from the story I got on the owner's uncle, it was most likely purchased in the late '50s or early '60s. Hat was a wreck, thus picture of salvaged parts.

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The Royal Stetson Feather Weight



Has the feather weight with the London, Paris, New York and Phily stamp on the sweat.
 

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