The "Rosetta" Hat Box?

[johnnyphi]

I found the "Rosetta" hat box while I was working on my unsold inventory last week. This is the first time I've been able to verify the exact date of a particular hat from my collection.

Some of the Adam boxes have copyright dates printed along the base of the boxes, but I haven't really been able to match the boxes with particular hats, until now...

In the pictures below, I've posted photos of an Adam box that originally held 3 hats. The copyright date is 1947. You'll see the original markings from the manufacturer, along with the charcoal notes made by the staff at Hirsch's.

The final photos show the actual hat that was found in this box. It's a perfect match for the description on the side of the box.

I give you... The Rosetta Box:

The Rosetta Hat:

 

[Garrett]

Wonderful! Thanks for posting this Johnny

 

[rumblefish]

Very cool. It's nice to find something like that to clear up some questions.

And that's one nice hat!

 

[johnnyphi]

Another Rosetta Box... Minus the hat.

Check out this box from 1950. I didn't find the exact hat that goes with this box, but I believe it was an Adam Royal because the price is marked as $5.95, and many of the thin-ribbon Adams have $5.95 price tags inside the sweatbands. I posted a couple of example photos below the photos of the box.

"Copyright 1950"

"Advertised in LIFE"

"Style: H Airlines H" - In case there was any doubt that Adam Hats was attempting to copy the Stetson Stratoliner.

This hat was sold during a previous aution, but it certainly fits the descriptions on the box:

Notice the price tag, and the logo is identical to the 1947 hat shown with the Rosetta Box from 1947.

 

[Garrett]

Apparently the hat box was advertised in LIFE magazine