This optimo crown panama dates from the 1920s or 1930s. Fairly tight weave. Looks like it may have received the white treatment at some point.
Sunshine Genuine Panama
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Genuine Milan Weave
A cheap 1960s one-season straw. Low quality milan, low quality trimmings. The only reason so many of these survive is that so many were made.
Men’s Hats Inc Baltimore
I think Men’s Hats Inc. may have been related to Hopkin’s of Baltimore. Maybe a later iteration of it?
This hat is a milan straw and dates from the 1960s.
Emerson Straw
A cheap one-season-er straw hat by Emerson.
Stingy Stetson Milan
This vintage straw hat was made in the 1960s by the John B. Stetson Company. It has an extremely tapered crown.
Genuine Imported Braid Custom Made
“Custom Made”. Nice soft finely done milan on this. Cheap fabric covered sweatband. It dates from the 1960s.
Ventilated Genuine Panama
This panama dates from the 1950s. It isn’t a particularly fine weave, but it should breathe well.
Classic Quality Hats
This was a good little cheap summer hat. I got it at an antique shop somewhere, but I can’t remember exactly when or where. It was a lightweight, cheap paper straw, and was fairly modern.
Stetson Milan
This Stetson summer milan was sold by Zachry of Atlanta, GA.
Stetson Panama
This Stetson has nice lines, but showed up with a wrecked sweatband. Oh well- that’s not too expensive or a thing to replace.
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