I found this fedora at the Vintage Expo In Santa Monica, it came with a red Thoroughbred hatbox, but isn't a Thoroughbred. Here are some pictures of it. It says "His Excellency- World's Premier Hat" and the crest at the top is a D and an H. Disney maybe? There is makers label inside the...
On this day fifty years ago, three stars met a tragic end in a small private plane that crashed into a field in Iowa during a snowstorm while on tour. This day was coined by Don McLean as "The Day The Music Died" in his song "American Pie" in dedication to his inspiration, Buddy Holly. Buddy...
I have my great grandfather's Stetson 3x beaver, a "Shady Oak", from Washer Bros. Ft. Worth. It says Shady Oak Farm-Fort Worth Texas, Where the West Begins. It is basically a Open Road with a different liner and sweatband(which is really nice!). I am curious if this is a rare hat or not. I did...
Ok, so my new old stetson Royal Deluxe's sweatband was a little dry, so i decided to put some lexol on it. I put it n the back, it turned dark and basically ate at the band and turned it to a dark brown goop. I have no idea what the deal is. Has anyone had this happen before. I read in a thread...
I wanted to know if anyone can help me identify the two females in this photo. The man in the center is my great grandfather Charlie Berns, in the 21 Club around 1950.
My great grandfather was quite a ladies man! :D
My art teacher has two huge boxes filled with National Geographic Magazines from the 40's and 50's that she lets kids use for collages, my heart cringes at the thought. I want to get some of the non cut up ones from her, because they really are filled with great stuff. If i got some from her...
While my dad and brother were cleaning the attic, they found a box of 78 records to go with our Victrola. There is something special about this box or records, they have a few that are printed on paper. The bottom is paper, and the record is made in the plastic on top. They are very peculiar...
I have little or no knowledge about hats. Okay, so i had some friends over, and i was wearing my great grandfathers Stetson, and she was like your hat smells bad(dusty in my opinion), and she squirted it with febreeze(its got saturated in the spot). I totally freaked, will it be ok like no...
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