The Old West Hat Catalog

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The Tucson - $ 90

The southwestern sun bears unmercifully across the landscape, but you will be cool in the wide-brimmed hat we have named for the old city of Tucson.  This hat was popular from 1860  through the end of the century.  Curled and bound brim, front and back dipped.

This shows the same style with a flat brim and without a dip front or back.  Both styles were seen.

Courtesy the Clearwater Hat Collection

CDV from the Clearwater Hat Collection

The Boss - $90

This style is based upon the first real cowboy hat. John B. Stetson fashioned a hat just after the Civil War that started  an endearing trend in men's hat styles.  Touted as the "Boss of the Plains", it became the standard by which all other hats were judged.  Flat brim without ribbon binding.

King of the Plains - $ 100

Courtesy the Clearwater Hat collection

This is the same crown style as the Boss, but boasts a curled, bound brim and is dipped front and back.  A very popular hat.

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