Tag Archives: Dobbs
1960s Dobbs Homburg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401024355166
This vintage hat was made in the 1960s by Dobbs. It was sold by the New Utica in Des Moines, and has a corrugated back sweatband. It has a 2-1/8″ brim.
1960s Dobbs West Fifty
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271986256950
This vintage hat was made by Dobbs, as part of their Dobbs West line of cowboy hats. It is a beaver 50, which means that at the time of its manufacture, in the 1960s, it was a fifty dollar hat, making it extremely up-market. It is a size 7.
1960s Dobbs West cowboy hat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271970459557
This vintage hat was made in the 1960s by Dobbs under their Dobbs West line for Baldwins of Lander, Wyoming. It is a 7-1/2.
1940s Dobbs 20 fedora
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271871641380
This vintage Dobbs fedora was made in the 1940s. It is a thin ribboned style, and originally sold for $20, making it an upmarket model at the time. It is a 6-7/8, has a 5-1/2″ crown, and at some point became the original owner’s fishing hat here in the rivers and streams of Montana.
1960s Dobbs Golden Coach
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281693645396
This vintage fedora was made by Dobbs in the 1960s. It is their Golden Coach model, and has the Dobbs Golden Coach logo as a pin on the ribbon. It has a seamless welt guild edge and is a 7-1/2.
1940s Dobbs suede finish fedora hat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271570399648
This vintage hat was made by Dobbs in the early 1940s. It is made of a suede-finish fur felt, with an underwelt brim edge and a teardrop crease. This is typical of sporty fedoras of the wartime period. The hat has a brown leather sweatband, which bears the slanted Dobbs name. The hat was originally sold at Vandt’s Mens Wear of Missoula, Montana.
Size: 7
Brim Width: 2-3/4″
Crown Height: 5-3/8″
1950s Dobbs Westward fedora hat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281406621948
This vintage fedora was made in the 1950s by Dobbs. It is their “Westward” model, their answer to the Stetson “Open Road”. It has a C crown, narrow ribbon with western style bow and bound brim.
Size: 7
Brim Width: 2-5/8″
Rust colored Dobbs Fedora
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271370292675
This vintage fedora was made by Dobbs for Wallach’s department store. It is a light rust colored fur felt with a long-nap finish. It has a raw edge brim and an olive green ribbon. It has a black leather sweatband, which has had the original markings redacted, and a replacement liner added with a generic crest. The liner is of a type more commonly seen in bowler hats, with a card backed liner tip. I’ve had several of these “redacted” hats over the years, I think they were unsold stock that was later re-marketed as a house brand by a different store.
Size: Tagged a 7-1/4 (although it measures out to a 7-1/8)
Brim Width: 2-3/4″
Ribbon Width: 1-3/8″
Crown Height: 5-5/8″
Dobbs Fifteen
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271290514295
This vintage fedora was made by Dobbs in the 1940s. It is made of high quality fur felt, has a tall crown with a center-dent crease and front pinches, a black ribbon and bow and coral colored brim binding. This hat sold at the fifteen dollar price point, which was at the higher end of the pricing spectrum at the time. The hat has a brown leather sweatband and a cream colored lining. The hat was originally sold by Klee Bros. and Co., Chicago, IL.
Size: 7-1/4
Brim Width: 3″
Ribbon Width: 1-5/8″
Crown Height: 5-3/4″