What we have here is a master Hatter who goes prospecting in the Wild West. Like Levi Straus he made a garment out of tent material, in this case a hat. We do not know the details on the first one. He prospected for gold for a year after selling that hat before he opened a hat shop in Philadelphia in 1965.
The model that won the west and established a legend, later to be called a cowboy hat, looked pretty much like a flying saucer. Flat brimmed, with a straight sided rounded crown and a simple band.
These hats were sold to just about everyone from over 2800 locations all around the world. When people returned East for whatever reason. If they wanted to look the part of a successful Westerner they came home in a Stetson.
All other high crowned, wide brimmed, western hats, even those made today, owe their essence to J. B. Stetson.
The model that won the west and established a legend, later to be called a cowboy hat, looked pretty much like a flying saucer. Flat brimmed, with a straight sided rounded crown and a simple band.
These hats were sold to just about everyone from over 2800 locations all around the world. When people returned East for whatever reason. If they wanted to look the part of a successful Westerner they came home in a Stetson.
All other high crowned, wide brimmed, western hats, even those made today, owe their essence to J. B. Stetson.
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