Won This Tyson. What's a Tyson?

[Brian Sheridan]

I won this hat for just $35 and it looks in great shape! It is a light brown though the pics make it look gray. It is a Tyson, but I can't seem to find anything about "The Tyson."

What is everyone's opinion of this lid?

 

[JohnnyGringo]

That's a beautiful hat, but be careful not to get it too close to your ear, it may bite part of it off...

 

[Slim Portly]

That's a beautiful hat, but be careful not to get it too close to your ear, it may bite part of it off...

:face palm:

 

[St.Ignatz]

Quite a crease on that Tyson. How's the leather on the sweat?

 

[jpbales]

That's a beautiful hat, but be careful not to get it too close to your ear, it may bite part of it off...

lol lol lol lol

 

[Brian Sheridan]

That's a beautiful hat, but be careful not to get it too close to your ear, it may bite part of it off...

Funny...but that doesn't help me. LOL

 

[AdmiralTofu]

That's a beautiful hat, but be careful not to get it too close to your ear, it may bite part of it off...

:eusa_doh:

 

[Lefty]

Funny...but that doesn't help me. LOL

With the store information on the liner, it's probably a store model that would have been made by one of the large companies. If there's no information behind the sweat, that's about as far as it goes.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

With the store information on the liner, it's probably a store model that would have been made by one of the large companies. If there's no information behind the sweat, that's about as far as it goes.

You may be right about that. I found another hat (a porkpie) on Ebay from the same store - Fred's - and it says "The Tyson Exclusively at Fred's Hats - Fairmount Fair, Syracuse, NY. Anyone from Syracuse heard of Fred's?

 

[Johnnysan]

Brian,

For what it's worth, the hat box in your photo is virtually identical to an Adam hat box that I have seen at a local antique mall. Here is one that is on OFAS...

I can't tell if the hat box in your photo is marked as an Adam, but it could be as others have said...the Tyson was the house brand for the store and may have been made by Adam Hats.

Then again, the store owner/seller may have had an extra Adam hat box hanging around and stuffed this hat into it. [huh]

 

[RBH]

this is from 1948

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Thanks RHB! That is what is so cool about the lounge and collecting vintage - finding out some of the history behind it.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

The arrived at it is a beauty! I'll post pics as soon as I have time

I emailed the seller and asked if she knew anything about the hat. She responded with this:

It belonged to my father-in-law, who is now age 90. My husband tells me that his Dad seldom wore a hat, so that explains why it is in such good condition. This one appears to have sat in the box on the closet shelf for most of its life. It was purchased at Fred's Mens Shop, in the hat department, as the label says. That store is no longer in business.


It is so cool to be able to resurrect a hat as sharp as this one.