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Interior of the abandoned Stetson Hat Company factory, which closed in 1971.

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One of the Stetson buildings; this is where the company screened movies for the employees and their families.

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Girls' cafeteria at the Stetson Hat Company factory where girls took their lunch break.

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Rest room in the John B. Stetson Company factory, where employees could take their breaks.

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This is an article about the valuable gifts that Stetson distributed to its workers for Christmas.

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This is an advertisement for a Stetson Field Corps performance.

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This is an article about the different gifts that Stetson distributed to its workers for Christmas.

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This is a Stetson hat advertisement promising that material shortages during World War I would not affect the quality of Stetson hats.

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This is an advertisement for Stetson Fall hat styles.

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Sizing is systematic shrinking of the formed hat bodies to proper size. In the Sizing Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, the bodies are repeatedly dipped in hot water, which causes the fur fibers to shrink and knit closely.…
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