Citation: Hats of Distinction

[jamespowers]

Hmmm... The Created by Master Craftsmen seems to evoke the Champ brand name. They used that for quite a long time when they were in business. Their other slogan was Feel the Felt.
I would like to see pictures when you get it.

Regards to all,

J

 

[jamespowers]

I was going to ask for the store information.
The store doesn't appear to be in the yellow pages so I would say it is gone---long gone.
How wide is the brim? How tall is the crown? Pictures. We need pictures.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Biltmore Bob]

Beautiful lid...

Appears to be in great shape.

 

[jamespowers]

The crown and brim are larger than I thought. Looks good to me. See if it looks anything like the Diplomat in this ad.:

That would place it being made in 1947. You are right about the age of the hat. Learning already.

Regards to all,

J

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Not a lot of action on this Citation thread. Here’s a Stratoliner clone I recently picked up. It’s a lower to mid-grade hat. The sweatband doesn’t feel like it wants to be flipped so I’m not going to look for labels.