The Fedora Lounge Guide to Dating Vintage Stetsons by size tag

[Dinerman]

c. 1920s, maybe earlier as well - Sticker on the sweatband

 

[Dinerman]

1930s for sure. Maybe late '20s as well.

Embossed gold foil over cardstock
Serif numbers

The top and bottom loop of the "8" are the same size.

from a hat dating to 1933-1935

Different design- not sure if it's the same foil- but it has a serif font. The angle of the 1 is different.

Bowler c.1935

 

[Dinerman]

'30s- c.1942
Gold over cardstock. Non-embossed.
Note the numbers are sans serif and the one has an angled top.

Hat c.1941

Hat c.1935-37

 

[Dinerman]

Canadian gold variant. '40s/'50s

 

[Dinerman]

Transitional. Same printing as on the square tags, on the earlier shape. Hat probably dates to the '60s. Liner Shot.

Square tags started showing up in the '60s

1965

'70s?

'80s

 

[Dinerman]

Hat from the late 1990s