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Flanging Stetson Soft Hats Postcard

The edges of certain Stetson hats get curled at the Flanging Department of the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia. The edges of the hats are dampened then curled with a heated iron. It is placed on a hollow wooden form under a hugh [sic] bag of…

Tags: employees, factory employees, factory workers, Flanging, Hat, hat curling, Hat manufacturing, Hat trade, hats, John B. Stetson, John B. Stetson Hat Company, machinery, Philadelphia, soft hats, Stetson, stetson hat, stetson hats, Stetson soft hats, Workers

Weaving silk bands and bindings for Stetson hats

Silk bands and bindings were made in the Weaving Department of the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia. The department created seven million yards of bands, bindings, and braids annually.

Tags: Factories, Hat trade, John B. Stetson Company, Stetson, Textile Industry, Weaving Department, Women Workers

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