This one had super thin, floppy felt. Unlined, but probably started out with a liner. Thin sweatband.
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Tag Archives: 1950s
1960s Teardrop Stetson
This early 1960s Stetson has a square size tag and a color liner logo. The crown is factory creased.
Dobbs Homburg
Soft black fur felt homburg. With all my talk of casual homburgs, here’s the classic formal one.
Brock Pork Pie
This Brock porkpie is from the late 1950s. The size tag is very similar to what was going into Stetsons and Mallorys of the period. I wonder if this was made under license or if it was just a coincidence.
Royal DeLuxe Stetson
I got this as deadstock along with a 7-1/2 Whippet. Unfortunately, I sold the Whippet before people the name commanded such high prices. Still did very well on it, but got 7-1/2 Stetson prices, not Whippet prices. I think this really was the more interesting of the two hats, with the unusual thin binding, done in homburg style, and the thin felt band.
Low Crown back bow Borsalino
This is an unusual style of hat. Wide brim, low porkpie crown, back bow, slightly fuzzy finish.
High Roller
Another shot from NOLA in the 1970s
Pollini Italian fedora
This is another hat I got from a supplier in Italy. And another one that arrived squished in an envelope. But you know, the work put into fixing the shipping damage was always worth it. The guy had some really interesting hats.
Resistol Back Bow fedora
I got this Resistol in an antique shop in Maine. It has kitten finish felt, an original care manual under the sweatband, and a back bow. It was sold by Haynes and Co. of Springfield, MA.
Peters Bros Bankers Hat Shady Oak 100
This is the famous Peters Bros Shady Oak Special. The Texas Hat. The Bankers Hat. XXXXXX beaver, cost $100 back in the 1950s. This was made with felt from Switzerland.
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