Need Help Dating Hats Please

thevintagebungalow

thevintagebungalow

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These 3 are from my "big haul" of vintage. I would appreciate your help. Thanks! Excuse the quick and unprofessional photos. Since I don't list online any more, I didn't want to spend a lot of time setting them up for photos.

Brown wool, cord trim, comb at the front. Label says "Lindburgh's Oakland Calif". May have it styled wrong. I feel like the cord trim should be showing while it is on the head.
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Mink fur and brown wool. Green velvet ribbon. Comb in the front. Label says "Seidenbach's Tulsa".
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Black velvet with bows on the sides, Light blue ostrich feather trim on one side, Black velvet ribbons to tie. One side of ribbon is much longer than the other. Not sure if this is by design or if one just was cut off at some point. Not sure how you would tie it if one side is meant to be longer? The only label says "23".
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Thank you!!
 

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Rue_de_la_Paix said:
The first two look 1940s. The third one is hard to tell from the photos, but it appears to be post WWII, late 40s to maybe very early 1950s when stylized bonnets had a revival.
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Thank you Barbara. I suspected the last one was late 40s but I NEVER would have guessed the first 2 were 40s. I honestly thought they were earlier. Dating hats can be so hard and I have SO many to do! Thanks again!
 
Rue_de_la_Paix said:
It is certainly possible that the first two are late 1930s. I think the plastic combs were added later.

I love (well we all love!) seeing vintage hats, so post as many as you wish.
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I will try to get some more pics but here are some from my showcase at the antique mall. I cleaned about 20 hats today and am pricing them to take the store Friday.
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anothertimevintageapparel said:
I Love a good 1940s hat! That first one, OOOO.
And how do you put such nice pieces out on a mall? I could never have anything really good, due to damage and theft??
Once I added my better, the more pieces were played with, sigh.
I would be in heaven in your shop.
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I have actually had pretty good luck with my vintage clothing and damage. My case is right by a manned desk so if someone is interested in something, they will take it up to the front counter for them. Maybe once youngest graduates and goes to college, I can start selling my better stuff online again!
 
Oh, the first two are around 1940, on the cusp give or take a couple years on either side.

On a personal note... seeing a hat from an Oakland Ca shop is thrilling me. I know my grandmother and her best friend window shopped downtown Oakland then, 1930s. They saw pretty things in the window and then made their best, similar attempt at home. They were SO broke and yet fashionable.
 
bycinbyhand said:
Oh, the first two are around 1940, on the cusp give or take a couple years on either side.

On a personal note... seeing a hat from an Oakland Ca shop is thrilling me. I know my grandmother and her best friend window shopped downtown Oakland then, 1930s. They saw pretty things in the window and then made their best, similar attempt at home. They were SO broke and yet fashionable.
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Wow! What a neat story! I love that!
 
thevintagebungalow said:
Wow! What a neat story! I love that!
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Imagine... Anne and LuLu riding on the train from Oakland to Fresno where they both were from, knitting their own little cardigans and sweaters. They were so pretty. And on one of those train trips my grandfather (Air Force) worked up the nerve to try to ask Anne out. She said no but gave him her address and they wrote back and forth for 2 years before finally going on a date.
 
bycinbyhand said:
Imagine... Anne and LuLu riding on the train from Oakland to Fresno where they both were from, knitting their own little cardigans and sweaters. They were so pretty. And on one of those train trips my grandfather (Air Force) worked up the nerve to try to ask Anne out. She said no but gave him her address and they wrote back and forth for 2 years before finally going on a date.
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