Dating Stetson boxes

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Later the license was transferred to another hat company in Texas. While traditionally hat boxes are circular or square in shape, some versions may follow the shape of the hat. On May 1, 1906, under the Trade-Mark Act of 1905, § 5, now title 15 United States Code, § 85 15 U.

While traditionally hat boxes are circular or square in shape, some versions may follow the shape of the hat. Stetson commenced his business under his own name in Philadelphia, the manufacture and sale of hats under various Stetson names was continued in Orange, N. Napoleon Stetson was regarded as the head of the Orange business.

Dating Stetson boxes - As for the last box, I have no concrete information.

Well, I'll give it a try. The first box in your post is exactly the same hat box that Snyder identifies as having been addressed to Mayor Richardson Dilworth of Philadelphia back in the day. Dilworth was Mayor of Philly from January 1956 to February 1962. My own sense is that this particular style of hatbox including versions in different colors dates fairly solidly to the late 50's. The second hat box appears in a photo in the Snyder book that dates to 1965. As for the last box, I have no concrete information. That being said, I have always tended to view that particular box as dating to the 70's. Carouselvic may have a take on that one... Dating hat boxes can be tricky, since, over time, vintage lids are generally separated from their original boxes. Sometimes, however, one is lucky enough to come across a hat that can be definitively tied to a particular date, and where other evidence links the hat to the box like an address label combined with a receipt. Vintage advertising can also help, as hat boxes sometimes appear in ads and can be dated in that fashion. Other evidence can include particular logos or logotypes that can be traced to hats or advertising tied to particular dates. In any event, hope that helps. Cheers, JtL Well, I'll give it a try. As for the last box, I have no concrete information. That being said, I have always tended to view that particular box as dating to the 70's. Carouselvic may have a take on that one... Dating hat boxes can be tricky, since, over time, vintage lids are generally separated from their original boxes. Sometimes, however, one is lucky enough to come across a hat that can be definitively tied to a particular date, and where other evidence links the hat to the box like an address label combined with a receipt. Vintage advertising can also help, as hat boxes sometimes appear in ads and can be dated in that fashion. Other evidence can include particular logos or logotypes that can be traced to hats or advertising tied to particular dates. In any event, hope that helps.

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Stetson and his unusual hat, rode up, tried the hat on for himself, and paid Stetson for it with a , riding off with the first western Stetson hat on his head. Designed to minimize the clackety-clack of the keys, it was the top of the line at the time, says antiques expert Helaine Fendelman. All the business, good will, trade-marks, and other property of the first John B. Stetson as a trade-name or brand name is one of the best known, if not the best known, in the hat trade of the world. Founded in 1865, John B. Instead, it decided to follow a course of advertising which can fairly be described as equivocal, and in which, though some statements were technically true, the whole story was not told to the hat retailers or to the public, and, which, as a result, tended to inspire false representations by the retailers and their clerks, or at least gave countenance thereto. This cause has two branches: First, a claim of infringement of trade-mark by the defendant Stephen L. Dating hat boxes can be tricky, since, over time, vintage lids are generally separated from their original boxes. Stetson became vice president, and during the period from 1926 to 1931, when he went into business for himself, he occasionally did some work for the No Name Hat Company as a traveling salesman and he still remains vice president thereof. During the year 1878, and the succeeding years, to December 28, 1883, the business founded at Orange, N. That being said, I have always tended to view that particular box as dating to the 70's.