Brad Bowers
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Cool Mexicali Dobbs! HCA exported hats, but few of them turn up on the Lounge.
Yeah, the thing to remember about HCA is that, even though they prided themselves on creating the latest "styles," a significant proportion of their clientele by the '50s and '60s appears to have been older gentlemen who were comfortable with the older styles, and preferred to wear those. I have a Cavanagh, same '60s vintage as yours, but is a close match in most respects to my '33-'35 NRA Cavanagh. They just kept cranking them out. You can find older-styled Dobbs, Knox, and Cavanagh hats produced well into the 1960s.
Brad
Yeah, the thing to remember about HCA is that, even though they prided themselves on creating the latest "styles," a significant proportion of their clientele by the '50s and '60s appears to have been older gentlemen who were comfortable with the older styles, and preferred to wear those. I have a Cavanagh, same '60s vintage as yours, but is a close match in most respects to my '33-'35 NRA Cavanagh. They just kept cranking them out. You can find older-styled Dobbs, Knox, and Cavanagh hats produced well into the 1960s.
Brad