Very nice! I love it when both the hat, and the retailer, have history.
Yowza!!!! What an eye catcher!!!
Another SMOKINGLY awesome winner, Mike!
Another WOW!
I was under the impression this reorder tag style dated back to the 1930s. Did they continue Using it into the 50s On some hats?
There were these tags in the 30's or so but they did seem to reappear around the early 50's in HCA hats, most often in some Cavanagh hats from about 1950 to 1955 for some reason but sometimes in other HCA brands I first got sucked into researching them when I bought an early 50's Western style Cavanagh that had such a tag. Brad Bowers aka The Hatted Professor has discussed this tag also. See page 50 of the Cavanagh thread for that earlier research/discussion I went through.
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So do you think that liner was used back in the 30's or early 40's? I do think the feel of this felt seems to have more of a beaver feel than the other 50's Forty that I posted on this page. As I check it yet again, I swear I think you are correct and this IS one of those Beaver Fortys, Brad!
Liner could have been added later, of course. Since it has a new sweat, there is no telling if the liner was orig. to the hat.
If so, they would have had to come up with a Forty liner, which this is. On the other hand, if this hat has been through 2 sweatbands, maybe that's a sign of greater age. Added note: This liner is old enough that it has never had any kind of oil silk or plastic on it. Note: The Hatted Professor later told me he thinks this is the original liner.
Someone asked me what kind of cloth is the liner made of in my Clear Beaver Knox Forty. It's not the shiny, slick satin that's in 1950's Knox Fortys or in Stetson 100s, so I guess it's made of silk. It hadn't occurred to me that it would be different from later hats.
