Knapp Felt Homburg

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This vintage homburg was made, probably in the early 1930s, by the Crofut and Knapp Co. of Firth Ave. NY and retailed by Levi Strauss and Company, Indianapolis.  The model name looks like it’s the “Province”.  It has a wide brown leather unreeded sweatband, which, in typical fashion, has dropped stitches for about two inches near the rear seam.  It has a nice early ’30s twisted knot to the bow.  The reorder tag is a Dobbs, but both products were made by HatCo in the same factories, so that makes perfect sense.  The size tag looks like it reads 7-1/4, but the hat measures out to a 7-1/8.
Size: 7-1/8Brim Width: 2-3/8″Ribbon Width: 1-7/8″
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