Nothing but stetson ads

[Lefty]

 

[Lefty]

I think that's about it for now.

 

[jimmy the lid]

1940

In line with the trend toward carefully studied casualness -- the nonchalance is blocked in...

 

[jimmy the lid]

1950

 

[danofarlington]

Some of these ads bring back to me in waves the kind of style, mindset and culture that my cohorts and I were desperate to escape as teenagers in the 1960s. There is an air of conventionality that became pervasive then, which the Baby Boomers changed starting around 1964. The culture was oppressive, at least it seemed so to we youth. But now, with the distance of time, I can separate better the styles of the day from the oppressive conventionality, and by doing that understand better the interesting side of the times, rather than just try to move in the other direction as in the 1960s.

 

[jimmy the lid]

1955

 

[Lefty]

more slant from 41

 

[hatophile]

Holy Grail,

Bluegrass Whippet as shown on post #72 from rlk.

 

[Lefty]

1934 - note the featured taper and, new to me, the mention of the Mity-Lite.

I wish these two were larger.

1965

1969

 

[danofarlington]

1955

Hmm. That's a different "Boss of the Plains" than I'm used to.

 

[rlk]

Whippet 1945

 

[Lefty]

Buler found these guys. I had to do a little trimming to save them.

both from '34

 

[Lefty]

Here's a better version of this one from '44.

 

[buler]

Miles Saddlery catalog page circa 1905

 

[buler]

Hamley Catalog pages 1922

 

[buler]

1911 Quality order

Dec 1911 ad showing price progression/quality designations

 

[fluteplayer07]

My framed copy of the famous Stetson Whippet ad, hanging in my home office. It's cut from a magazine dated October 1st, 1949. (I purchased the page from eBay -- I had no part in the actual destruction of the magazine.)

 

[jimmy the lid]

I like what you did with that, Flute. :eusa_clap

 

[rlk]

Great catalog ads! They were pioneering geneticists with the Nutria Beaver. Lots of fuzzy and velour options. Reinforcing my feeling that years surrounding 1920 were the "peak" of crown elevation.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Thanks, Jimmy. I BIN'ed it from the 'bay, and then went out to buy the frame and mat from a craft store that was closing. Just so happened to nail the color of the mat with the hat's color. The whole set-up cost me less than $30, and it makes a great addition to the otherwise mundane cream walls of my home-office-in-progress turned-walk-in-hat-closet. Gonna need to build myself a rig like you did.

Cheers,