Stetson Flagship Hat Box with Stetson Stratoliner Hat A3228
The hat is size 7 1/8. The box measures 7 1/2" tall x 14 3/4" x 13". Sold as a set, and sold as is. Both are a little bit beat up. Loved hard. The 1950s were long ago.
Of all the hat manufacturers in the world, Stetson perhaps needs the least introduction.
John B. Stetson gained inspiration for his most famous hats when he headed west from his native New Jersey for health reasons. On his return east in 1865, he founded the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia. He created a hat that has become symbolic of the pioneering American West, the "Boss of the Plains". This Western hat would become the cornerstone of Stetson's hat business and is still in production today.
Stetson eventually became the world's largest hat maker, producing more than 3,300,000 hats a year in a factory spread over 9 acres (36,000 m2) in Philadelphia.
