Bergen White Homburg / Top Hat hybrid

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This is one of the most unusual vintage hats I’ve come across. The hat is made of high quality white fur felt. The crown says top hat, or at least flat top porkpie. But the brim says homburg. If it were black, it would be like Johnny Depp’s hat in Dead Man. But it’s white. With a purple band. And yet- this is no costume piece. High quality felt, with equally high quality trimmings.There’s a bit of light staining that should be easy to remove. It’s white and everything shows. It has a wide, supple russet leather sweatband, marked Bergen Custom Made Hats. Bergen was located at 2982 Hudson Blvd, Jersey City, NJ. This hat was “Styled in the English Manner” and is of 4x ( XXXX ) quality felt. (Those of you in the know know that the the X system is meaningless as it differs arbitrarily: manufacturer to manufacturer and year to year). The liner logo is similar to that of Mallory, with the array of medals, but is otherwise very different. Definitely an oddity of a hat.
Size: 7-3/8Brim Width: 2-5/8″Crown Height: 4″Ribbon Width: 1-1/2″

Early Temple boater hat

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage hat was made in the 1910s or 1920s by the Temple Hat company. It is marked XXX quality. It has a gray green ribbon with huge early style bow. It has a bold weave with triple ply weaves. The sweatband is heavily textured and is still soft and supple. The lining is half mesh and half silk, with a screened logo.
Size: 7-1/4Brim Width: 2-1/4″Ribbon Width: 2-1/4″Crown Height: 3-3/8″

1960s Imported Braid Milan

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage straw hat was made in the early 1960s. It is a cross between a porkpie and an optimo blocking, with a snap brim. It has a mused brown, blue and yellow puggaree. About an inch and a half of stitching on the braid has dropped at the top of the porkpie crown near the front. It doesn’t show when wearing, and could be fixed easily with several stitches. The hat has a fabric sweatband. It is only marked “Genuine Imported Braid” and “Custom Made”.
Size: 7-1/8Brim Width: 1-3/4″Band Width: 1-3/4″Crown Height: 6″

1940s 7X Clear Beaver Stetson

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage fedora was made in the 1940s by Stetson. It is their 7X Clear Beaver Quality. Pure, undyed beaver, with a mode edge. When it was new, this hat would have cost $50, a lot of money at the time. It has a reeded sweatband, with the 1940s version of the Stetson Crest. The sweatband is deeply blind embossed “mode-edge”. The hat was originally sold by Charles of Atlantic City, located at 1627-29 Boardwalk. There is a moth bite on the brim at the reed seam, and some staining on the wind string button. The crown has a diamond crease. The liner is Rayon Satin of Celanese yarn.

Size: 6-7/8

Brim Width: 2-5/8″

Ribbon Width: 1-7/8″

Crown Height: 5-5/8″

1930s Steefel fedora

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage fedora was made in the early 1930s by “D H Co”. Danbury Hat Company, maybe? It was sold by Steefel Brothers of State Street, Albany, New York – Specialized Shops for men, boys and girls. It has typical early to mid 1930s dimensions, tall, straight sided crown, short, raw edge brim, wide ribbon. The liner has great double pleated detailing, and a wide leather sweatband. It is unreeded and, as typical of sweatbands of that era, has dropped some stitches. The leather itself is still in great shape. The back seam is taped instead of stitched, as was common in the 1930s. There are a few shallow moth bites on the brim, but they are only noticeable upon close inspection.

Size: 7-1/8
Brim Width: 2-1/4″
Ribbon Width: 2″
Crown Height: 5-3/4″
Sweatband Width: 2-3/8″

1950s Adam Pana-Brisa

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

This vintage panama hat was made in the 1950s by the Adam hat company. It is a cuenca weave and is marked “Pana-Brisa”. It has a perforated leather sweatband, which has dried somewhat, but nothing too bad. It is “Royal Quality”. There is a thin black ribbon with an Open Road / Stratoliner style bow. The crown has a blocked in teardrop crease.
Size: 7-1/4
Brim Width: 2-3/4″

Bow Ties

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

Bow ties are back, but as with most things, I like the vintage ones better! Picked these up at an estate sale today. A nice mix of widths and patterns.

1930s Gatner Wikies men’s swim suit

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage men’s swim suit was made in the 1930s by Gatner Wikies. There are ribbed wool, and have belt loops, but no belt. There is a flapped key pocket.

Size: 34
Waist side to side (unstretched): 15″ (doubled = 30″)
Waist side to side (stretched): 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Rise: 13-1/2″
Side Seam: 10″

1930s Jantzen men’s swim suit

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

This vintage swim suit mas made in the 1930s through mid 1940s by Jantzen. It’s blue ribbed wool and lastex. It has a white belt with a hammered silvertone buckle. There are two small moth bites on the right hip by the waistband. There is a flapped key pocket, and the front is lined.

Marked size: 36
Waist side to side (unstretched): 15″
Waist side to side (stretched): 18″
Rise: 13″
Side Seam: 9″

1930s Lastex corded men’s swimsuit

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage swimsuit was made in the 1930s. It is not marked as to a manufacturer, but does have the “Lastex” tag. There is typical wear, and a tear on the side seam at the top. They are lined in the front and have a buttoned key pocket.

Waist side to side (unstretched): 13″ (doubled =26″)
Waist side to side (stretched): 17″ (doubled = 34″)
Rise: 13″
Side Seam: 7-3/4″

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Bow Ties

1930s Gatner Wikies men’s swim suit

1930s Jantzen men’s swim suit

1930s Lastex corded men’s swimsuit