The Making of a Stetson - 1925

[buler]

Just received a dvd I ordered that had 1 silent film and 1 silent short on it. The short is "The Making of a Stetson" from 1925. Its a quick run thru from shots of beavers and nutria to the final product. Here are some stills I captured from it.

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[Garrett]

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[Garrett]

Anon has a hat similar to this (from perhaps as early as 1922) and it even has that style ribbon courtesy of Art!

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[Aureliano]

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[DOUGLAS]

Fabulous. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Andykev]

Looks like Art's shop!

Nice shots. I have seen it personally, the making of a felt hat.
I used to visit Art Fawcett all the time when he was still here in the Bay Area.

Exactly same activity, but certainly, Art did not have a room full of young ladies working feverishly on hundreds of hats.

 

[Brad Bowers]

That's great, buler!

Do you mind sharing your source for the DVD? I'd love to be able to use the film in one of my lectures.

Thanks for posting these.

Brad

 

[fedoralover]

Nice shots. I have seen it personally, the making of a felt hat.
I used to visit Art Fawcett all the time when he was still here in the Bay Area.

Exactly same activity, but certainly, Art did not have a room full of young ladies working feverishly on hundreds of hats.

But have you visited Art's hideaway recently??


sorry Art, I couldn't resist

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[Andykev]

Nope

But have you visited Art's hideaway recently??

sorry Art, I couldn't resist

fedoralover

I haven't gone up North. I can't seem to get away. Busier now than ever before, and I am retired!

 

[buler]

That's great, buler!

Do you mind sharing your source for the DVD? I'd love to be able to use the film in one of my lectures.

Thanks for posting these.

Brad

I bought the dvd from reel classic dvd's. I can't really say if it was worth $20. But its cool. I was hoping to see more finished hats from the time period.

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[ScionPI2005]

Those are some nice photos; thanks for posting!

 

[Lefty]

Nice. I wonder how similar it is to what was shown here in 1915.

 

[buler]

Nice. I wonder how similar it is to what was shown here in 1915.

Lefty, I just noticed that they put (c.1925) which I believe means circa or (approx date). So I'd bet this is the 1915 film.

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[Bassman]

Very nice!:eusa_clap
Those WERE the days.

 

[DOUGLAS]

I can just imagine what those felts felt like.

 

[jamespowers]

Perhaps I should get this video and send a copy to Stetson so they could remember how they did it once.

 

[buler]

Perhaps I should get this video and send a copy to Stetson so they could remember how they did it once.

Its amazing just how many people were involved and how much labor it took to make one hat!

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[buler]

Saw a reference to the discovery of 75 old silent motion pictures, including "The Birth of a Hat", an industrial short by Stetson. I'm guessing its the same one discussed in this thread.

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Click on the "astonishing collection" link in the article to see the description of the Stetson film.

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[DRB]

buler, thank you for taking the time to post those pictures.

 

[Lefty]

I recently watched it again and loved it. Thanks.