I really like the colour. It's nice to see a brown homburg.Janyška "Parla", 58cm, NOS, Crown Open 5 1/2 inches, Brim 2 inches, probably late 1930s to late 1940s. The felt is high quality and easily dry creases. Also very nice form for the this style hat. This hat is from my May 2016 Czech find and the final one (20 total) in the series!
Open Crown
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Homburg Nation
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Eliesti
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Thank you. I think so, too.
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Thanks! I really enjoy wearing these Janyška's.
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Looks great! Would it be possible to see the sweatband including logos?
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No correction needed. Sweatband imprints are always nice to see too. (Oops... missed Steve's reply).
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Steve, that was a hell of a ride. Thanks for the excellent photos of your incredible haul.
ofcoursemyhorse
Practically Family
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Recently picked up this forest green homburg.
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Super!
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I bought this Stetson homburg because it is in such nice condition after spending the last 61 yrs with one owner in a box! An Excellent Quality grade hat it is still in excellent condition, and in my size! The felt is the nicest of any hat I have ever held in my hand.
According to the previous owner, in 1955 his parents bought what was the original farm house of an orange orchard in Monterey Park, CA that was built in 1916. This Stetson hat along with another hat was in a hat box left in the house. His mother remembers the previous owner of the house was a salesman of some sort. So they know the hat is at least 61 yrs old as they kept the hats in the box all these yrs.
Silverwood was a men's clothing store founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1894 by Francis Bernard (Daddy) Silverwood. What started as 1 store grew slowly to become a chain of 18 stores but Silverwood ended their 97 yr run at yr end 1991.
I have guesstimated what I think the age of the hat to be based on the dimensions, the sweat & the tags behind it but I would appreciate the opinions of others based on the pics below.
5-1/2 - 5-3/4" open crown, no taper
2-1/2" brim w curl
Charcoal Gray w brown undertones
2" black ribbon, 4" long bow - no fray
2" sweat, taped seam - no stitch
No liner
According to the previous owner, in 1955 his parents bought what was the original farm house of an orange orchard in Monterey Park, CA that was built in 1916. This Stetson hat along with another hat was in a hat box left in the house. His mother remembers the previous owner of the house was a salesman of some sort. So they know the hat is at least 61 yrs old as they kept the hats in the box all these yrs.
Silverwood was a men's clothing store founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1894 by Francis Bernard (Daddy) Silverwood. What started as 1 store grew slowly to become a chain of 18 stores but Silverwood ended their 97 yr run at yr end 1991.
I have guesstimated what I think the age of the hat to be based on the dimensions, the sweat & the tags behind it but I would appreciate the opinions of others based on the pics below.
5-1/2 - 5-3/4" open crown, no taper
2-1/2" brim w curl
Charcoal Gray w brown undertones
2" black ribbon, 4" long bow - no fray
2" sweat, taped seam - no stitch
No liner
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Man, oh MAN, Jack!!! You have ARRIVED, sir! What a find!!
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Super find! A very large size too. Congrats!
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Good get, HJ!
Sent directly from my mind to yours
Sent directly from my mind to yours
Bob Roberts
I'll Lock Up
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Its a good one Jack.
Daniele Tanto
I'll Lock Up
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A perfect homburg! WonderfulI have guesstimated what I think the age of the hat to be based on the dimensions, the sweat & the tags behind it but I would appreciate the opinions of others based on the pics below.
5-1/2 - 5-3/4" open crown, no taper
2-1/2" brim w curl
Charcoal Gray w brown undertones
2" black ribbon, 4" long bow - no fray
2" sweat, taped seam - no stitch
No liner
I have no knowledge about Stetson age, but this made my day
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Thanks Jim, Bob & Daniele! I appreciate your comments so much. I'm so happy nary a bug nor rodent managed to get into the box during those 61 yrs.
Bob Roberts
I'll Lock Up
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Wlcm. Does look mint.
Denton
One of the Regulars
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Hurricane Jack, that hat is truly excellent! The circular size tag suggests a date in the 1920s. I don't know if it could be earlier than that -- were those stickers in use in the 1910s?
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Thank you Denton for your comment. I always make the assumption that any changes in labels or manufacturing of most items were running changes & therefore there are no hard & firm dates for change in most cases. There will be overlap in the timeline. I agree the timeline for this hat is most likely the 1920's. The labels, sweat seam & all apparently fit well with what is known to be used in the 1920's. The dimensions, ribbon, etc seem to closely match what Joshbru3 reported from his comparing a 1920's vs a 1950's Stetson Homburg in his 2012 thread:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/stetson-1920s-homburg-1950s-homburg-a-comparison.61274/
I wouldn't totally rule out the possibility of it being manufactured in the very early 1930's except the Great Depression of 1929 - 1939 would seem to work against that.
I find it interesting that with an annual inflation rate from the 1920's to 2016 of only 2.92% a selling price of $6.00 in 1925 would be the equivalent of $82.03 today.
