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I may not be totally right about this, but the horse and carriage...some very high end stores had a desire to bring upper class shoppers to the store. I say this as my Husband's Grandmother was the manager of a B. Seigel store for 37 years. Going back in time (was not the horse and carriage) the store would send a limo to pick up some higher end shoppers to come to the store, and would "fancy them a light meal and strong drink" to entertain their shopping experience. I would tend to think stores back in the day with the horse and carriage would have considered bringing a "shopper" to the store would more than likely been standard procedures for the "well off" crowd. I would think maybe the horse and carriage is a symbol of "upper class" for marketing purposes as time passed.

Kind of like a "whale" in Las Vegas!
 
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My "Open Road" box.....did not get the hat with it....:-(
Mark
 

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Super! I see UK crests like this used on hat liners (pre WWII Czechoslovakia) many times no company mark. Where did you find it? Also what make is the hat?
Found in Illinois.....hat is a Mallory......sweat is marked with a Springfield retailer.....but again...nothing on the hat box. Only other mark is a M or W impressed into the liner shelf of the box. If this is a Mallory box I have not seen anouther like it, and I am not aware of them using this logo....
M
 
So ok, here is a hat box I recently purchased with an old hat. Now perhaps some of you can help me......what hat company or retailer is this??? There is no name anywhere.....just the unicorn logo.
Cheers,
M
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OK..........I actually found pictues of a simular box WITH THE SAME CREST..........CLEARLY printed on the side of this box is ADAM.......so mystery seems solved!! It is an Adam Hats box.........Here is the picture of the other box....
Cheers,
M
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