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No Name Hat Manufacturing Co.

buler

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Some of this is mixed into the "Stetson Stuff" thread. Since there are quite a few more ads now from the American Hatters I think it deserves its own thread.

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History:

"It was John B. Stetson’s father, Stephen Stetson, who began a hat manufacturing career, first in East Orange’s downtown

Brick Church section, then Orange, when he moved his operation to the Valley neighborhood.

It was in the Valley area that Stephen Stetson and his sons, including John B. Stetson, born in 1830, built the No Name

plant.

Since the family never could decide on what to name the business, they simply agreed on No Name.

John B. Stetson, who suffered from tuberculosis, eventually left the family business in Orange, spent time exploring the

Midwest, then headed back to Philadelphia, where, in 1865, he started his own hat manufacturing business.

It was in Philadelphia, not Orange, that John B. Stetson trademarked the Stetson name and built his own hat manufacturing

empire under his own name.

Although John B. Stetson once served as president of No Name and held shares in the family business, the John B. Stetson

Co. Ltd. of Philadelphia had no connection to No Name.

No Name, once Orange's third largest hat manufacturing concern, went out of business in 1926."
 

buler

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The one hat I've seen (and passed up). I still don't understand the Danbury reference. Everything else points to No Name always being in Orange.

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Rick Blaine

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Very interesting research. Both well done & rare! (mmm...steak)

:eusa_clap:eusa_clapNever heard of the company. Thanks for push back the frontiers of my ignorance (both broad and deep)! Keep 'em coming! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap
 

buler

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No Name - Danbury tip sticker

This derby just sold on ebay. Tip sticker is almost idential to the earlier one I posted, except it lists Danbury, CT instead of Orange, NJ. This hats sweatband was missing. The sweatband in the earlier hat had the mark listing Danbury which seemed to contradict the Orange, NJ tip sticker. Not sure what this means since I can't find any mention of No Name Co being in Danbury.


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