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Lefty

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1920
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1931
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Lefty

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1921
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1921
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1936
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1953
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If you've got your own hat ads, but haven't yet contributed, please review the poster.

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FATS88

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VINTAGE BORSALINO AD

Hello loungers,

Does anyone have an image of a particular
Borsa ad;
It's an illustration of a very sharp Latin wearing a tall crown
fedora, illustrated from the shoulders up,
he's wearing a raincoat and gloves, circa late 1920s
early 1930s.
He appears to be deep in thought, with a shoreline
in the background.

Please pm me if you know where I might aquire a
copy or two.

I know where there is one...but I would rather not
ask to borrow it for a Kinko's run (would put the 'T'
in Tacky!)
Help save me from my tackieness


Cheers!
FATS
 

Lefty

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Now that we're back up, let's do some advertising!

1936
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1931
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1932
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1947
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1950s
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1956
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1960 (what a disaster)
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jimmy the lid

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Lefty said:

Over time, it has always been a challenge to describe the nature of the protective covering in the crown of the liner on vintage lids -- you know, the translucent film that was used before plastic became the norm. What's interesting to me about this ad is the description: "Full oil silk protector." I assume that's what this phrase refers to...

(I also love the reference to "the $10 hat buyer"...:D)

Cheers,
JtL
 

Lefty

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Confirmed. Now we know what to call it.

...unless it's the waxy paper behind the sweat. They've got the sweat flipped out in the photo where it's mentioned.

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Lefty

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This is also from the 1942 Apparel Arts I've got in the Classifieds.

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If that binding gets any wider, the entire brim will be ribbon.
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besdor

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These pics are great ! I have not seen many of these at all and I have a huge collection of ads. The most interesting are the Brazilian ones from Ramenzioni. This company is still in business today . I'd love to see a vintage hat from them.



Steven
www.bencrafthats.com
 

Lefty

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I'd wear it too, but it's pushing the limit.
Here's what happened to the last person who said that an edge binding couldn't be too wide:
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;)

jamespowers said:
No such thing as too wide an edge binding. I would wear that in a second if I could find one. [huh] :D
 

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