Hat Ads

[Bantam Man]

Last Mallory ad

Mallory, Date unknown

Thanks Mario! I love these Mallory ads almost as much as I love the hats themselves!

Seeing all those model names, one wonders how many specimen have been made of these... I have never seen an Air Cruiser or a Varsity, so far!

BTW, when you magnify the above image, in the upper left edge the word "March" becomes visible. And after that, I think I read either 1943 or 1948.

Regards,

 

[Mario]

Thanks Mario! I love these Mallory ads almost as much as I love the hats themselves!

Seeing all those model names, one wonders how many specimen have been made of these... I have never seen an Air Cruiser or a Varsity, so far!

BTW, when you magnify the above image, in the upper left edge the word "March" becomes visible. And after that, I think I read either 1943 or 1948.

Regards,

Yes, those ads are just great. Most of them were made by Earl Cordrey, who did a lot of illustration work in the 1940s and 1950s, primarily men's fashion stuff.

And all those hat names - have you ever seen a Stetson Glenmar, Durand or Frazer? I certainly not. Where have they all gone?

BTW: I just found the complete version of the above ad, along with the date:




Mallory, March 1948

 

[Bantam Man]

Mallory ads

Fantastic Mario! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Where did you all learn this?

BTW, are there any vintage hat shops in Berlin? If so, please PM me. I hope to visit your city later this week. It will be my first time.

Gute Nacht! (I have to go to work tomorrow morning... :eusa_doh

 

[Mario]

Fantastic Mario! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Where did you all learn this?

BTW, are there any vintage hat shops in Berlin? If so, please PM me. I hope to visit your city later this week. It will be my first time.

Gute Nacht! (I have to go to work tomorrow morning... :eusa_doh

Not much to it, really - all those infos can be found on the internet. You just need to follow the proper links...

And no, there are not really any vintage hat shops in Berlin that I know of. Thrift stores, yes - and some of them might have some nice hats, but you never know.

 

[Mario]

Bogey's Resistol

Resistol magazine ad from 1941.

 

[Daan]

Berets

 

[Daan]

Vintage Spanish beret advertising

Some nice examples of vintage Spanish beret advertising:

 

[buler]

original ad artwork for Stetson

Here is an original inking for some Stetson advertising. Its marked '33 in pencil at the bottom and says "rough" on the back. Too bad there isn't an artist name to be found.

B

 

[buler]

Stetson Hats ink blotter

Here is a desk ink blotter that I just won on ebay. Can't make out the artist signature or date, even with a magnifying glass.

B

 

[buler]

Swann-Abram hat co postcard

This postcard is full of information. Interesting that nutria is the cheapest.

B

 

[Cigarband]

Taking the cost per dozen and adding a retailer's profit margin of 50%, those sold for $6.75-$7.50-$9.00!

 

[lostinperiphery]

Just stumbled across this online store with many vintage hat ads posted, in high res too!

http://www.tias.com/stores/adsbydee/

 

[skyvue]

I recently picked up these two hat advertisements. They're both printed on thin paper, so I'm guessing they were meant to be pasted about town, as ads were (and still are) in large cities.

I don't know anything about either maker, so fill me in, hat mavens.

 

[buler]

Knapp-Felt

Knapp-Felt 1923:

1924:

1925:

1926:

1935:

 

[rlk]

 

[buler]

Schoble

Schoble March 1943

 

[buler]

Sears

Sears March 1945

 

[buler]

Various

Stetson, Crofut & Knapp, Borsalinio, Christy

October 1916

 

[buler]

Fedora reference 1891

Ad from June 1891 referencing a fedora hat. The play "Fedora" was first shown in the US in 1889.

 

[mayserwegener]

P. & C. Habig 1930s Adverts (French)

P. & C. Habig 1930s Adverts (French) of mine.