Dobbs hat dating using style and lot info

[Tommy]

Is there an authoritative reference for dating the age of a Dobbs hat? I picked up a mustard color, wool, stingy brim hat that has two tags:

1. A United Hatters Cap & Millinery Wkrs. Int Union tag - which from what I can determine places the hat between 1934-1954.

2. Another tag indicating Style 3-6154-03, Lot 3595.

I tried using the search function on this site and using Google, but can't seem to locate any source that might help me pinpoint a year for the hat.

I will try to post a picture, but that'll take a day or two.

Thanks for any help you might provide.

 

[rlk]

Welcome to the Lounge Tommy. Will need more info. The UHC&MW Union lasted until a 1983 merger with ACTWU. The '54 is probably from a collection of papers' website.

 

[Brad Bowers]

As rlk said, welcome to the Lounge. The union was allowed back into Hat Corporation of America in 1946 after being kicked out in 1909, but I think I've yet to see a union label from any of their hats before the 1960s. However, the Lot number sounds like it's a post-1972 hat, after the sale of their brands to Koracorp (now HATCO) in Garland, TX.


Brad

 

[Tommy]

here are the photos of the hat in question. any help narrowing down to a year of manufacture is appreciated. I'm thinking mid 70's, but I really have no idea.

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[gtdean48]

here are the photos of the hat in question. any help narrowing down to a year of manufacture is appreciated. I'm thinking mid 70's, but I really have no idea.

Looks like you are missing the .jpg file name...

 

[Brad Bowers]

Mid-'70s is a fair assessment. It's 1972 to 1983, at least. I can't narrow it any further than that, as post-1972 hats are generally beyond my research period.

Brad