The big difference between a boss of the plains and a campaign hat is the grommets. An army campaign hat has them. A boss of the plains does not. Typically a boss of the plains stays uncreased, while a campaign hat gets a four point montana peak. This is a boss of the plains that has been adapted for NPS service.
Looks like I grew up in this stuff. I remember getting this beat up vintage leather jacket at a yard sale back when I was about 5 and wearing it every day until I grew out of it. There’s nothing quite like a good, broken in leather jacket.
I have a weakness for early westerns. I don’t know why- too many cowboy movies as a kid? The allure of the open range?
This is an early Stetson Boss of the plains, probably dating from the 1920s. These were the real working mans hat of the time.
This one probably dates from the 1920s. Typical boss of the plains crown. May have had a curled brim edge at one point, but if that’s the case, it’s long since been cut off. Textured leather sweatband, no lining. Wide ribbon. Deep imprints. No. 1 Quality, a western designation of the time. Very high quality fur felt.
This is the second biggest hat I’ve had in the collection. A whopping size 8! It dates from the 1960s.
Snakeskin shoes by florsheim
Rye by Bulleit
Photograph by Michael G. Stewart
It’s amazing how many designs were featured on ties, just in the ’30s and ’40s. Thousands upon thousands. Here’s one with a flyfishing theme that I found in Steinbach, Manitoba.
Brown 1930s Stetson homburg. Great imprints on the sweatband. Excellent condition.
Kingston watch. Datofix. Moonphase calendar.
belt back 1930s Linen suit jacket at the AFI Silver Theater and at the Quarry House in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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