Penny's Marathon Question.

[Magus]

Hello everyone,

A question came up in the Classifieds. Is Marathon a line of hats Penny's sold..that came in varying styles. Or?

Thanks,

M

 

[Fedorista]

Yes

Penneys marketed the Marathon brand.

Sears - Pilgrim

Montgomery Ward - Brent

 

[MattC]

Several Styles

I've seen Marathons that looked like Whippets, (I think a lounger has one), and Jeff Bridges' hat in Seabiscut was a Marathon in a Stratoliner style, provided by the redoubtable Art Fawcett.

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Penney's Marathon...

I've seen Marathons that looked like Whippets, (I think a lounger has one), and Jeff Bridges' hat in Seabiscut was a Marathon in a Stratoliner style, provided by the redoubtable Art Fawcett.

That's my 'Seabiscut' Penny's Marathon on the left. -dixon cannon

 

[TommySalieri]

You know, I saw something like that on EBay, but with a much larger brim. I was going to pick it up but it hit the $30.00 mark and, well, that's kinda beyond my budget at this point.

Nice hat, though. I'd love to get my hands on one of those someday.

 

[Snrbfshn]

Many styles offered under "Marathon"

Here's another:

 

[Magus]

Just in case you were wondering...

Thought I would post the pic of the Marathon that prompted the question. Alas...too small for me.

M

 

[Mystic]

Which of these 2 Marathon liners would be newer?
Maybe the Aridex tag would show the first one to be newer.

Also, I have seen The "M" liner in red, blue and gold. Would this be a method of rating quality?

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[RBH]

The first I would say.

 

[Rodkins]

Wow - I would have guessed the first one to be older. I'd stick with the RBH evaluation, though.

 

[Mystic]

Thanks for the input guys.

In looking through some older threads where the Marathon comes up. It looks like the answer is in comments about the time frame of a hat where the photos are no longer visible.

I have a Johnnyphi Lee fedora that has similar swirl lines as the first liner. But, the second "M" liner seems to be the most asked about liner in the older comments I have found.