ADAM ALLEY

delectans · Dec 21, 2011

Very nice example of the pleated bow, Ale. Congrats!

JAVIER · Dec 23, 2011

What a beautiful hat... wow!

JAVIER · Dec 23, 2011

What are the dimensions?

Annixter · Jan 15, 2012

I just took possession of my first Adam fedora that also happens to be my first Milan. The quality is amazing for the $20 I spent. It was hard to get an accurate color on the ribbon and brim trimmings because of it's satin finish, but it's a medium cafe with a tint of olive green--quite striking in person. The hat was supposedly n.o.s., which I believe from its condition. Unfortunately, someone stored something inside of it to where it formed two pointed indentations in the sweatband and nicked the cloth bead in one area. I've conditioned the leather to soften it there, and I imagine the indentations will come out after some wear. The label had fallen off in the box, so I mixed up some wheatpaste that did the trick gluing it back on. An underrated brand from what I can see.

randooch · Jan 15, 2012

Annixter, that is a fabulous find! I'm unable to puzzle out how the underside of the brim is a different color than the body . . . and the brim has a bound edge? Very nice lid. Those dents will disappear with some head heat over time.

Annixter · Jan 16, 2012

randooch said:
I'm unable to puzzle out how the underside of the brim is a different color than the body . . . and the brim has a bound edge? Very nice lid.

Thanks, Randall. Yes, the ribbon treatment to the underside of the brim puzzled me for a while too. It matches the ribbon material. After closely looking at the stitching, it appears that they stitched the entire hat, crown and all, in parallel lines that match those that affix the ribbon material to the underside of the brim rather than treating just the brim. Such stitching really makes the weave pop.

dlvh · Jan 21, 2012

Can someone here date a hat I just won on Ebay by the liner?...here is the picture of it:

It's a Adam Executive (as you can see), from the 50's maybe?

dlvh

dlvh · Jan 28, 2012

dlvh said:
Can someone here date a hat I just won on Ebay by the liner?...here is the picture of it:

It's a Adam Executive (as you can see), from the 50's maybe?

dlvh

Just received the hat today. A picture of the hats i.d. tag reveals this:

Can anyone explain what "ABM 10 3Constell.34" means? I presume "Cloud" is the color.

billyspew · Mar 12, 2012

dlvh said:
Just received the hat today. A picture of the hats i.d. tag reveals this:

Can anyone explain what "ABM 10 3Constell.34" means? I presume "Cloud" is the color.

Would love to see more of the hat.

The dating is approx very late 40's to early 50's.

The colour is indeed "cloud", Constell is the model (short for Constellation maybe?), the othernumbers and letters refer to the block and brim flange.

The Wiser Hatter · Mar 16, 2012

While looking a the University of Louisville Photo collection I found some images of the local Adam Hat store. This is from 1953 May 15th to be exact.

Here is the larger store window. It is interesting to see that Adam Hats also sold clothes too. Wow look at that Holywood jacket. An all those hats.

Second smaller window.

A killer tie window.

Here is the inside of the store look at all the hat boxes and I would love that straw hat too the right.

Hope you enjoy.

Just started going thru all the images more to come.

seabass · Mar 17, 2012

I Do Enjoy Those Great Pics ! Thanks

CONELRAD · Jun 30, 2012

I'd been wanting and looking for an ADAM for quite a while between the time I got into hats and the time I joined the Lounge. I finally got one a couple months ago on eBay, box and everything. It's an Executive Quality with a Mystronic sweatband and features the logo with top hats over each of the letters. After some hassle stretching it up to fit me (it's in my size, but it had contracted), I've finally gotten it all straightened out. It's in near mint condition and allegedly NOS (though I'm not sure about that) with the only defects being a very vague spot on the front underside of the brim, and a furry spot on the front of the crown (that I've mostly remedied with a brush and sponge). Out of the two hats I have, this one is my favorite.

I've been told it's circa early fifties, possibly late forties, does that sound about right?

Dinerman · Jul 25, 2012

TPD166 · Jul 30, 2012

Offering a nice vintage Adam Executive in the Classifieds:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?65395-Vintage-Adam-Executive-Fedora-7-1-4

TPD166 · Oct 8, 2012

I just listed this Adam Coronet in the classifieds if anyone is interested:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?66962-FS-Vintage-Adam-Fedora-7-3-8

Joshbru3 · Oct 26, 2012

"Red" Dutton 1930's Adam Hats Ad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dutton

Joshbru3 · Oct 26, 2012

Johnny J · Oct 26, 2012

Nice one Josh! Thats a great pic of the King of Swing!

CONELRAD · Dec 8, 2012

Well, it appears that I have come into another hat to add to this thread, my 1964/1965 World's Fair Adam Premier. I bought it several months ago on eBay from a pawn shop up north (New York or Connecticut, I can't remember now).

Here's the hat...

And the box...

And the liner...

And the feather and pin...

I don't know all of it's story, but I assume that it was sold as a souvenir at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. No matter what, it goes great alongside my tiny Webster's 18,000 word dictionary from the 1933 World's Fair.

CONELRAD · Dec 24, 2012

I took a peek under my Adam's liner, and it says the model name is "Constellation", which I would assume to be named after the Lockheed Constellation, since the hat is a Stratoliner copy.

Divh, is yours a Strat copy as well?

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