HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!

[M Hatman]

Circa 1875.....interesting choice for an illustration.

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1880......CLARK...an "agent for "KNOX" celebrated hats"!!!!

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1925....a Cleaner & Dyer advertising their hat and drapery services too!!!

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1930....

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1945.....Cleaners advertising matchbook covers.....mentioning their hat services!!!

 

[M Hatman]

Postmarked 1917.....Indianapolis.....note the sign in the lower left corner...."Panama Hats Cleaned and Blocked"!

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1885.....another interesting choice for illustration......Note the store location "at Patton's Jewelry Store".

 

[M Hatman]

More "do it yourself" hat cleaning!
LIGHTNING Straw Hat Cleaner, Unknown vintage.
I would guess 1930's or earlier...

 

[M Hatman]

Window card, unknown date. Pre-1960? These were used in home windows to indicate you had something for the route truck. Penciled in (and hard to read) is Wend-Sat for the call days.

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1890...Another interesting choice....I really like it though. "Blissfully Unconscious of Family Objections"!!!! I think the two in the background (mid-left) are ready to rumble too!!!!

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1920. German advertising stamp. F. Böttcher hat store in Zurich! Translation: "My heart's desire is to have a new hat." Sounds perfect for here!!!

Corrected thanks to Steve1857!!!!

 

[M Hatman]

I think about the same time frame as above (1920's). This is for a straw hat cleaning product, "With Strobin alone, wash your straw hat clean."

CORRECTED thanks to Steve1857!!!!

 

[steur]

And Bild no 3 from the same series:

Superb series of products and images, Mark. Thanks for posting these.

 

[M Hatman]

Dyers and Cleaners Supply Catalog....1940. Interesting page on a "one operator hat factory"
This shows just how common it was for Cleaners to refurbish hats. This one is especially interesting in that the cleaning and refurbishing can occur without removing the Ribbons or Sweats. (Something by the way also unnecessary when altering the brim of a hat, such as trimming or binding). I simply love the paragraph about when "crowns which have become soft and sleary"!!! (We none of us here would dream of letting our hat crowns become "sleary")
PS I also added a copy of the inside back cover of "Useful Information" which is indeed....quite useful.

 

[M Hatman]

Circa 1935 Blotter. From England......."All Kinds of Ladies and Gents Hats Cleaned and Blocked with Expert Care".

 

[M Hatman]

And Bild no 3 from the same series:
View attachment 202410 Superb series of products and images, Mark. Thanks for posting these.

Thanks Stefan!!! I enjoy these too......many more to go.....
Like everything else, I keep collecting them too......in fact I just got this one (the third) and one other Strobin stamp (different series though, not sure it was part of a series). I will be posting an actual package of the cleaner too (imported to US)!!!!!
Yep, this is fun stuff!!

 

[M Hatman]

Savard & Colburn...Postcard advert sent to a client....August, 1931.

 

[M Hatman]

Here is a circa 1915 advertising Poster Stamp for Home dyeing of Straw hats!!!!!
And Colorite seems also to color....well.....EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!
This one is actually larger than most of these, measuring a full 2" by 2 3/4"!!!!!

 

[M Hatman]

And here we have yet another interesting choice, one of the Seven Wonders.....1881.

 

[M Hatman]

Here is a 30's -40's blotter for a Brooklyn firm.....Try their NEW Dry Cleaning service!!! I wonder If they invested also in the "One Operator Hat Factory"????