The Late History of John B. Stetson Company, et al Suitors

[Hurricane Jack]

More pics of Khrushchev wearing the same Stetson while touring an Iowa farm & the Iowa Pork plant, before enjoying a hot dog.

 

[carouselvic]

Apparently he was a TAR man.

I'm seeing a Playboy, stitching on the brim?

 

[Bamaboots]

I see a stitch line on the second hot dog pic.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'm seeing a Playboy, stitching on the brim?

You may be correct. I was thinking 5/8 ribbon.

 

[glider]

The Stetson factory outlet store in St. Joe Mo. is still open as far as I know, I was there about a year ago. Actually I'm due for a trip to St Joe to that store.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Not to prolong this further but I hope maybe in the future someone will find the link to when Khrushchev might have been presented with a Stetson hat(s). I was unable to find much on his travels in Pennsylvania, don't even know that he was in Philadelphia. Pres Eisenhower owned a private home at Gettysburg, ajacent to the Gettysburg battlefield ( owned now by the US Park Service). He may have taken Khrushchev there.

In more business attire with a black hat.

The car was the 1950 Lincoln Mercury Presidential "Bubbletop" Limousine Eisenhower had made the executive decision to have built.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The Stetson factory outlet store in St. Joe Mo. is still open as far as I know, I was there about a year ago. Actually I'm due for a trip to St Joe to that store.

If you read his intiniary Khrushchev wasn't even in the state of MO.

 

[Tonio]

Not sure if it helps but these were in France I believe 1960:

 

[Hurricane Jack]