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HATS WITH HISTORY

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Winston Carter

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The above website is the go-to for researching naval vessels. I toured a restored LST(?) here on the west coast a few years ago. It is incredible that these ships put so many miles on the open ocean, must have been an ordeal.
I served on the USS Racine LST 1191 during the 70's. Spent most of my Navy career on amphibious ships. We called it the Gator Navy. Small crews and hard work.

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Is that your's Mark? Great find!
Jack,
Yes, this is mine. I thought it was pretty cool. AND in OUR SIZE!!!! Yep, 7 1/2!!!!
Very surprising find. It will be my secret campaign hat whenever I go to vote from now on!!! :p:p:p
M;)
Edit: Yes I was thinking how low the odds to find one, let alone in my size considering only 1800 were made in all sizes........though upon reflection, I WOULD think families who had one would keep is as a remembrance....though I suppose you never know anymore.:rolleyes:;)
 
Interesting hat and a great piece of history. I wonder if they still do commemorative hats? I need to start looking planning what hat I want just in case I get nominated.


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Yes, I wondered if they still did (or would) do commemorative hats too!!!!!
M;)
 
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Stetson No.Quality purchased from the Chestnut St. store sometime in the late 1930s - early 1940s. A hand written name underneath the sweatband inspired a search. Could it have belonged to Tuskegee Airman Armour McDaniel? The match is not perfect - McDaniel (not McDaniels) is shown as a Lt. Colonel. But he did attend Temple University in Philadelphia before the War. Perhaps the name was written by someone else at a later time? A fine hat with a good story somewhere... perhaps this one!

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Armour McDaniel (right) poses with members of his flight training class in Tuskegee, Alabama, 1943.
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Stetson No.Quality purchased from the Chestnut St. store sometime in the late 1930s - early 1940s. A hand written name underneath the sweatband inspired a search. Could it have belonged to Tuskegee Airman Armour McDaniel? The match is not perfect - McDaniel (not McDaniels) is shown as a Lt. Colonel. But he did attend Temple University in Philadelphia before the War. Perhaps the name was written by someone else at a later time? A fine hat with a good story somewhere... perhaps this one!

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Armour McDaniel (right) poses with members of his flight training class in Tuskegee, Alabama, 1943.
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You sure find 'em, Alan. Now I'll think of this one every time I pass over the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Bridge in Connecticut. Very cool, even if it's the OTHER Col. A. McDaniel(s).
 
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Here is an interesting article on Stetson Hat History that is not too badly researched at all. They DO however picture a 1930's ad (1937 to be exact) in the part about the 1940's hat production, buy hay they tried.....
http://mentalfloss.com/article/89728/15-broad-brimmed-facts-about-stetson-hats
Love the picture of the girls drinking from the brims of their hats!!!!
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It is disappointing they think their target market is/are hipsters. Maybe that's why Stetson only had 10 employees.
 
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It is disappointing they think their target market is/are hipsters. Maybe that's why Stetson only had 10 employees.

Yeah, quite a shame. At least we got some fashion tips out of the article.

Stetson’s classic Western hats have also become quite fashionable of late. Vogue magazine, for one, recommends wearing a cowboy hat with high-waisted jeans, a sweater, and a bomber jacket.
 
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This thread needs a bit of a bump.

Watching “Pawn Stars” late last night, they showed a hat owned by President F.D. Roosevelt. It was on loan to and displayed in the CIA Museum. Through a representative the owner turned down an offer to buy of $250,000.
It’s a Stetson!
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