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OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

TheOldFashioned

Call Me a Cab
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2,179
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The Great Lakes
Bond Street De Luxe Hats (Sears) Big Boy clocking in at 4.5 x 7.5:
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As shown in Sears catalog listing from 1925:
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Not mine, too much cheddar to take a flyer on an estimated size only in the listing. Would have been nice, though, to join the Carlsbad.
 
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19,001
Location
Central California
Speaking of estimated sizing. I never received a reply on a request for measurements from this Goodwill auction and the other hats were 7-1/4 so I didn't go very deep (and not deep enough). Did anyone here get this Stetson No.1 with Fray sweat?

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I inquired about size too. They responded to me and said it was a size 7 1/2 so I didn’t bid.



Joking!
 
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15,083
Location
Buffalo, NY
Speaking of estimated sizing. I never received a reply on a request for measurements from this Goodwill auction and the other hats were 7-1/4 so I didn't go very deep (and not deep enough). Did anyone here get this Stetson No.1 with Fray sweat?

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Another remarkable example of the durability of the textured "The Fray" sweatband. And save this photo to share when the thought surfaces (as it seems to do from time to time) that early hats were not assembled with reeded sweatbands.
 

Just Daniel

One Too Many
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1,454
Shoot. Not me. How far back was that?


Speaking of estimated sizing. I never received a reply on a request for measurements from this Goodwill auction and the other hats were 7-1/4 so I didn't go very deep (and not deep enough). Did anyone here get this Stetson No.1 with Fray sweat?

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18,446
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Nederland

TheGuitarFairy

Practically Family
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608
Location
Just West of Boston
Had to look for a bit, but this what an older Barbisio logo looks like

Thanks, Stefan.
Poking around the Barbisio related threads I gotta say some of their ads were really good! I know from the times I've been at european flea markets that this type of commercial artwork is super popular.

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