Kaleponi Craig
A-List Customer
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- 418
- Location
- Just North of San Francisco
I recently got a great book, "Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company", by Jeffrey B. Snyder. Great info and fantastic pictures of some of our favorite lids. Now here was the big suprise for me: all of this time I thought Stetson was a Texas company. I mean, what is more cowboy than a Stetson? Well, I learned in this book that the Stetson Hat Company was, for all of its history (1865 - 1970), from Philadelphia, PA. Of course Stetson made many, many dress hats as well as cowboy hats, but this was a great suprise for me.
There is also great info on how a felt hat is made, quite a complicated process. Reading this book made me appreciate our wonderful hats even more...KC
There is also great info on how a felt hat is made, quite a complicated process. Reading this book made me appreciate our wonderful hats even more...KC