The STETSON WAY, Advertising and ephemera of the Golden Era

[GCinCT]

February 1938....note the brim stitching detail! (These hats had spiral stitching on the brims)
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I have a Stetson with spiral stitching. It’s the 150th Anniversary Benchmark. I bought it about eight years ago.

 

[MikeinRome]

Here's another Stetson Quality Assurance slip that was with a Nutria Quality hat dating from the 1940's to early 50's. John Gavin is the Stetson employee on this slip.

Correction -- I'm not sure that John Gavin Quality Assurance slip came with the Nutria hat but it may have. Here's another slip with Stetson employee Leroy Farley named. The Nutria hat had 1 of these 2 slips in it, behind the sweatband, and another Stetson had the other slip. Also, here's a different kind of slip that came with one of them, I think, but it may have been with some other hats.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Not sure if this one is already on here. I ran across it this morning and it appealed to me in a unique way.

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1925

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

I have this for sale if anyone is interested.

 

[M Hatman]

1946: Large format (10"X16") on artist board. Arrived today...exactly 77 years after it was created.

 

[M Hatman]

1930's Postcard.

 

[MikeinRome]

Advertisement in the July 1912 issue of The American Hatter giving statistics about Stetson hatmaking for the year 1911.

 

[MikeinRome]

Article in The American Hatter, August 1911, about Stetson soon to be opening a store in New York City, about in October 1911. Also a Stetson ad in the same issue of The American Hatter.

 

[rogueclimber]

Advertisement in the July 1912 issue of The American Hatter giving statistics about Stetson hatmaking for the year 1911.

11,000 hats a day!!!! Wow

 

[M Hatman]

Article in The American Hatter, August 1911, about Stetson soon to be opening a store in New York City, about in October 1911. Also a Stetson ad in the same issue of The American Hatter.

NICE FINDS Mike!!! Glad to see someone else collecting these things....
THANKS for sharing your collection!

 

[M Hatman]

1950, Stetson Railbird.

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1925: A Stetson ad in a portfolio art page.....

 

[M Hatman]

1919

From my catalog here:

 

[steur]

Don't know if it's the golden age, but I picked up these two stetson gift boxes over here. Did not expect to find them here to be honest.