1949 Article - plastic in hat felt...

[buler]

Found an interesting article in the Jan 1949 Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
"Try to get ahead - by putting heat on hatless males"

link

A few snippets from it:

"But the number of companies making and finishing men's felt hat bodies has dropped from 190 to 7 during the past 45 years."

"The Hat Corporation has a new felting process using a plastic fiber produced from casein out of skimmed milk and reducing the need for rabbit
fur in top-quality hats."

"For 1947 Stetson had sales of $29,336,000 and profit of $955,000; the Hat Corporation had sales of $20,932,000 and profit of $920,000."

 

[Lefty]

"The Hat Corporation has a new felting process using a plastic fiber produced from casein out of skimmed milk and reducing the need for rabbit
fur in top-quality hats."

Cool. More on the one above here.

Maybe this is one.

 

[Mario]

Found an interesting article in the Jan 1949 Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

link

Link is broken...

 

[Lefty]

try this one

 

[Wolfwood]

Ah, got beaten by Lefty there...

 

[Mario]

Yes, thank you (the two of you). Works like a charm.

I love the pickup line: "The bareheaded male is getting a severe needling these days to buy a hat.".

 

[buler]

try this one

Thanks for fixing the link Lefty. Is that your Plastic Stetson?

B

 

[Lefty]

Nope, it sold on ebay some months ago. As far as I know, it's the only one that anyone on the Lounge has seen.

 

[Dewhurst]

An interesting article, thank you for the link.

 

[jamespowers]

Nope, it sold on ebay some months ago. As far as I know, it's the only one that anyone on the Lounge has seen.

My son has one in brown. I would love to have one that would fit me.

 

[Lefty]

My son has one in brown.

pics or I don't believe it.


(you have far too many great hats in your collection not to be sharing)

 

[jamespowers]

pics or I don't believe it.


(you have far too many great hats in your collection not to be sharing)

I think I posted it before. I'll check and see if I have a picture or take a new one.
(Show up with a camera and you can take pictures. There are just too many to picture and not enough time. )