HAT LIFE WESTERN ISSUE March 1956

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[The Wiser Hatter]

Great stuff love reading Hat Life. Did you find this online.
Or in a antique shop?

 

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Ebay

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Must have missed it.

 

[Salty O'Rourke]

Nice article featuring Del Monico Hatters - still in business in New Haven, CT.

 

[Hoyt Clagwell]

Great reading, I love that stuff,and the best part is I dont break out in a rash.(I seem to be allergic to old papers and magazines.) Thanks for posting this!

 

[barrowjh]

Interesting - I thought that the narrower brims were a 1960s phenomenon, but the brims were already getting shorter in 1956 as there are almost no pictures of wide-brim fedoras. The brims seem to be about 2 inch to 2 1/4.

 

[DJH]

I love to read those old Hat Life issues - thanks for posting this Vic.

Guess the flat top, uncreased style (aka The "X" Hat) didn't quite save the hat industry, eh?

 

[carouselvic]

not yet, but there still may be hope

 

[tonyb]

not yet, but there still may be hope

We're on it, Boss!

 

[Brad Bowers]

Interesting - I thought that the narrower brims were a 1960s phenomenon, but the brims were already getting shorter in 1956 as there are almost no pictures of wide-brim fedoras. The brims seem to be about 2 inch to 2 1/4.

Even earlier in some cases, as I've seen ads for Dobbs and other Hat Corporation of America hats from 1953 and 1954 with quite narrow brims.

Brad

 

[J.B.]

Thanks for the Western issue upload, carouselvic!

Great stuff.

:llama:

 

[mayserwegener]

Thanks for posting. Interesting to see a Fraenkel Wien Velour advert. They made all styles not just the Alpine (popular in the 50s) number in the advert.