Pre 1940s dress hats

[Joshbru3]

Early 1900's EW Hatshop Long Hair

I just received this early long hair from ebay today. This is the first of two long hairs that I bought this week. There is no major manufacture tag on this hat, but based on the size label and sweatband stitching, its pretty early. It could pre-date the 19-teens.

This is how I received the hat:

After some steaming and brushing.....

 

[Joshbru3]

Early 1900's EW Hatshop Long Hair (cont...)

 

[mayserwegener]

Josh, Fantastic! Rare to find a light color old Velour is such great condition. Also great to see a hat from a Baltimore store!

 

[alanfgag]

Ditto. :eusa_clap

A fantastic hat in great condition. I love that bow. Are you able to wear it?

 

[Chepstow]

Josh, congrats to this Hat, wow what a wide ribbon! I really like it!

 

[BEHerron]

I LIKE this. Love the flexibility in look and that ribbon is great. +1 on the uniqueness of it.

Rally

This hat is new-to-me and has the most unique ribbon treatment I have ever seen. The ribbon crosses on both the left and right sides and also has a back bow with frayed ends.

 

[BEHerron]

Nice hat.

 

[BEHerron]

Great color! Really nice green. I've never seen one that color before.

This is a dark green with almost white or gray fibers showing also

 

[Joshbru3]

Josh, Fantastic! Rare to find a light color old Velour is such great condition. Also great to see a hat from a Baltimore store!

Thanks, Steve! I'm so thrilled with the color of this velour. Its like a champagne gray and a color velour I had not had in my collection until now.

Ditto. :eusa_clap

A fantastic hat in great condition. I love that bow. Are you able to wear it?

Thanks so much, Alan! That twisted center bow is also one of my favorites. The hat is a bit snug for me. I can push it down on my noggin, but I risk popping the stitches, so it looks like this one will just be for show.

Josh, congrats to this Hat, wow what a wide ribbon! I really like it!

Thanks, Manfred! The ribbon looks much wider in the pictures than it appears in real life, but it either measures 2 1/8 or 2 1/4.

 

[Joshbru3]

1910's/20's Congress (Trimble) "Double Ring Beaver" Long hair

I bought this one a couple weeks ago......

Here's the original auction link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Double-Ring-Beaver-Hat-Excellent-Condition-/320997741068?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&nma=true&si=6Ix4ja9mWlpGYdPlclnkR0dpsm4%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

From the auction pictures, it appeared that I was buying a black velour by an unknown maker with a tall and straight crown. After I received the hat, I was surprised by a few things. When I first opened the box, I noticed that the hat was actually a very deep brown and had a much longer nap than I originally thought. Out of the box the hat was un-brushed, very dusty, and had a crazy cowlick in the nap of the fur on the top of the crown. When I popped the crown out, I noticed that not only was the crown not very tall, it was very tapered and rounded. To my surprise however, upon pulling back the sweatband I found that this hat was made by Trimble! This is the oldest Trimble I have ever seen. It is also marked "Double Ring Beaver." I have no idea what that means though. Its soft like beaver, but the way the fur reacts to bushing and steaming is very similar to my other Rabbit long hair hats. I would imagine the "beaver" just means "beaver finish."

Here's the original auction pictures that made me think I was buying a black velour with a tall and straight crown

Here's the hat with the original deep center crease and un-brushed felt......

and after some brushing and steaming.......

 

[Joshbru3]

1910's/20's Congress (Trimble) "Double Ring Beaver" Long hair (cont...)

 

[Joshbru3]

1910's/20's Congress (Trimble) "Double Ring Beaver" Long hair (cont...)

and with a light center dent.........

 

[mayserwegener]

Josh, Great find! I really like the deep brown Velour and wide bow. It looks to be in fantastic condition too.

 

[Chepstow]

Josh, fantastic find, congrats to this beauty! Looks very good!

 

[hatophile]

Nice one Josh.

 

[alanfgag]

Wonderful hat, Josh!!... reminds me of another that we've both admired.

 

[JAVIER]

Josh
Got to say man i'm I jealous right now... wishing I had one or two in my collection, great find!

 

[carouselvic]

Koool...$9.00 was a lot for a hat.

 

[Joshbru3]

Josh, Great find! I really like the deep brown Velour and wide bow. It looks to be in fantastic condition too.

Josh, fantastic find, congrats to this beauty! Looks very good!

Nice one Josh.

Wonderful hat, Josh!!... reminds me of another that we've both admired.

Josh
Got to say man i'm I jealous right now... wishing I had one or two in my collection, great find!

Koool...$9.00 was a lot for a hat.

THANKS SO MUCH, GENTLEMEN!!! This hat was a great surprise for me and it really cleaned up well. I was just surprised at how short and tapered the crown is. This hat is another prime example that shows that not every hat had a tall and straight crown in the earlier part of the 20th century.

Alan, when I pulled the hat out of the box, I immediately thought of you and your beautiful Hawes hat. I must say though, I much prefer the block profile of your Hawes over this Trimble.

Vic, $9.00 was quite a lot for a hat at this time. I wonder if the higher price point was because it was a long hair or because there is some truth to the "Beaver" stamping on the sweatband. [huh]

 

[Bitzelbook]

The long-haired hats are really something. I'm not sure that I could dress up to the look!