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Dinerman -
How appropriate for All Souls' Day!
Sue
How appropriate for All Souls' Day!
Sue
SteveAS said:Here is one of my favorite hats: a Dobbs, likely from the 1940s . . .
Dinerman said:Mid '30s, I'd say.
Dinerman said:Black sweatbands are more commonly associated with the '60s, but in that time period they were narrow and generally textured. That dobbs has an unreeded wide sweatband with the widely spaced, deeply embossed top edge associated with pre '40s hats. You generally don't see the blind embossed logo beyond that point either. The liner with the store name printed on it also says '30s to me.
Dinerman said:With that liner and that black sweatband, I can't see it being anywhere past the early '40s.
Black sweatbands are more commonly associated with the '60s, but in that time period they were narrow and generally textured. That dobbs has an unreeded wide sweatband with the widely spaced, deeply embossed top edge associated with pre '40s hats. You generally don't see the blind embossed logo beyond that point either. The liner with the store name printed on it also says '30s to me.
Mario said:With the black sweat and the liner it's more likely from the mid/late 60's. Let the experts have a word here.
Still: looks like a very nice hat! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I like that hat look. You pulled it off.Matt Deckard said: