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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…
Trimming Stetson Stiff Hats
A large factory floor of women trimming Stetson stiff hats.
“Making Hats, J.B. Stetson Company”
A picture of a Triptych print of the interior of the Stetson hat factory. It shows employees making hats in three consecutive frames.
Forming Stetson Hat Bodies
Located in the Forming Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, the fur was blown on to a revolving copper cone, minutely perforated, which was about three feet high, forming a thin covering of felt. This cone and the felt, protected…
Hatters Remove Trade Hazard
Hatters outlawed all mercurial compounds used in preparing furs and developed non-mercurial compounds to make felt.
Finishing Stetson soft hats
In the Finishing Department of the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia, highly experienced workers used fine emery paper to evenly smooth the felt.
Cutting fur for Stetson Hats
In the Stetson fur-cutting department, workers handled eleven and a half million skins annually. They fed the skins into several machines that turned the pelts into fine shreds used to shape the hat.