I've got calls and emails in to the Sandusky County Historical and Genealogical Societies to try to find out more about the store, particularly, when it closed. That will at least provide one piece of info. I found that Isaac Dryfoos, the guy I believe owned the store, on the 1890 census, listing himself as a merchant. He had one son at the time, Nathan, who was living in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland area, much too far to run a store in Fremont) at the time of the 1900 census. I'm not sure who, if anyone, was minding the store after that.
I'm pretty convinced that The Fray is just the trademarked name for the patented sweat construction. As to Chamois being the brand, who knows. Right now, I've got very little on this one.
You can see the store where I bought the hats, as well as the rest of the trip in the Antiques, Albinos, and Touchdown Jesus thread in the Steamer Trunk.
I'm pretty convinced that The Fray is just the trademarked name for the patented sweat construction. As to Chamois being the brand, who knows. Right now, I've got very little on this one.
You can see the store where I bought the hats, as well as the rest of the trip in the Antiques, Albinos, and Touchdown Jesus thread in the Steamer Trunk.