Some of this is mixed into the "Stetson Stuff" thread. Since there are quite a few more ads now from the American Hatters I think it deserves its own thread.
B
History:
"It was John B. Stetson’s father, Stephen Stetson, who began a hat manufacturing career, first in East Orange’s downtown
Brick Church section, then Orange, when he moved his operation to the Valley neighborhood.
It was in the Valley area that Stephen Stetson and his sons, including John B. Stetson, born in 1830, built the No Name
plant.
Since the family never could decide on what to name the business, they simply agreed on No Name.
John B. Stetson, who suffered from tuberculosis, eventually left the family business in Orange, spent time exploring the
Midwest, then headed back to Philadelphia, where, in 1865, he started his own hat manufacturing business.
It was in Philadelphia, not Orange, that John B. Stetson trademarked the Stetson name and built his own hat manufacturing
empire under his own name.
Although John B. Stetson once served as president of No Name and held shares in the family business, the John B. Stetson
Co. Ltd. of Philadelphia had no connection to No Name.
No Name, once Orange's third largest hat manufacturing concern, went out of business in 1926."
B
History:
"It was John B. Stetson’s father, Stephen Stetson, who began a hat manufacturing career, first in East Orange’s downtown
Brick Church section, then Orange, when he moved his operation to the Valley neighborhood.
It was in the Valley area that Stephen Stetson and his sons, including John B. Stetson, born in 1830, built the No Name
plant.
Since the family never could decide on what to name the business, they simply agreed on No Name.
John B. Stetson, who suffered from tuberculosis, eventually left the family business in Orange, spent time exploring the
Midwest, then headed back to Philadelphia, where, in 1865, he started his own hat manufacturing business.
It was in Philadelphia, not Orange, that John B. Stetson trademarked the Stetson name and built his own hat manufacturing
empire under his own name.
Although John B. Stetson once served as president of No Name and held shares in the family business, the John B. Stetson
Co. Ltd. of Philadelphia had no connection to No Name.
No Name, once Orange's third largest hat manufacturing concern, went out of business in 1926."
