German & Austrian Hutmachers

[mayserwegener]

P. & C. Habig Late 50s USA Newspaper Ad

P. & C. Habig Late 50s USA Newspaper Ad

 

[mayserwegener]

100,000 AMERICAN HATS SOLD; Where It Was Believed Only the Foreign Ones Would Sell.

Interesting article from 1912 but hard to believe they matched the quality and feel of Austrian velour.

 

[rlk]

Fictional story from 01/25/1925 that takes place at P. & C. Habig hat shops in Vienna.

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Early paid product placement?

 

[mayserwegener]

Velour Hats Originated In Australia?

Not sure where this info came from. From Miami News 12/10/1920.

 

[rlk]

Not sure where this info came from. From Miami News 12/10/1920.

Austria, Australia--whats the difference? Its furin anyway.

 

[mayserwegener]

Unprounceable but Good!

Here is another good one from 12/02/1912. Town: Neutitschein? Maker: Hückel? Peschel?

 

[mayserwegener]

German Hat Dealers Angry, 05/03/1916

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9506E2DC113FE233A25750C0A9639C946796D6CF

 

[mayserwegener]

Austrian Velour USA Newpaper Ad, 10/17/1910

Austrian Velour USA Newpaper Ad, 10/17/1910

I am finding many Austrian velour ads from US newspapers.

 

[rlk]

Renn & Co./Habig

Has a Renn factory stamp but no intelligible date reference.

 

[rlk]

Villa Hückel

 

[Dreispitz]

Zapf and black eye

Do you know Bavarian finger wrestling? Be careful if you ever have the opportunity to act as a second for the contestants!



Here is some material on the kind of sport from another contest. Yesterday was pretty similar. Do note the hats:

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[mayserwegener]

Damn that looks painful. You should have brought one of your swords to chop the guy's hand off! By the way the Zapf looks great! :eusa_clap

 

[Mario]

Ouch! Being a musican this gives me a fright just by looking at. And if I look on for too long my fingers actually start to hurt really bad...you guys are nuts!

 

[mayserwegener]

Brabant Homburg

Brabant Homburg, size 59cm. This one is probably early to mid 60s. Has some really nice black felt and sweatband. Not sure about the Brabant connection but appears to be German made.

 

[mayserwegener]

P. & C. Habig - Brooks Brothers Alpen Velour

P. & C. Habig - Brooks Brothers Alpen Velour, size 7 3/8 with Ventilo.

 

[mayserwegener]

F. G. M. Försterhut

Heather green (very thick felt) F. G. M. Försterhut, size 57 (fits like long oval 58cm). The tapered crown is about 6 inches open and the felt ribbon close to 3 inches. The company patch is missing. Probably late 1950s early 1960s. I am very happy about this find.

 

[mayserwegener]

Mayser Lario Sisol

Modern Mayser Lario Sisol, size 59cm, silver - gray. Mayser still does nice bow work.

 

[Dreispitz]

Heather green (very thick felt) F. G. M. Försterhut, size 57 (fits like long oval 58cm). The tapered crown is about 6 inches open and the felt ribbon close to 3 inches. The company patch is missing. Probably late 1950s early 1960s. I am very happy about this find.

Amazing, where you dig them all out, Steve!

By the way. Förster translates as game warden.

 

[mayserwegener]

Dieter, I got it from a German lady that owns an antique store in Denver, CO. She said she got it from a friend in Germany. I have a Wegener Förster but this one is older and has more extreme dimensions. I really couldn't get a good photo of it though.

 

[mayserwegener]

I went back and changed the photos. I think the new ones are more accurate color wise. Here it is with the brim up.