Tuesday, March 17, 2009

#1 Quality Boss




Adventurers returning East helped create a mystique of the West when they returned home wearing a "Boss of the plains," Stetson Cowboy hat.


#1 Quality was the highest grade available in Stetson hats at the time. Probably a blend of beaver, muskrat and coypu. This trademark was used from the 19th century up until the mid-twentieth century.

Footnotes
1. ^ Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company 1865-1970 Pg 5, 9, 29, 34, 35, 49, 73 ISBN 0-7643-0211-6

3 comments:

  1. The original design is very simple cowboy hat. High-crowned hats cowboy western wear traditional wide-brimmed hat.

    Cowboy Hats

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  2. That's very nice collection of cow boy hats ,,i was looking for buy cowboy hats thanks for sharing such a nice blog.

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  3. Actually it is incorrect that the No 1 Quality was the "highest grade available." In fact the No 1 Quality was a middle of the road quality. The Extra Quality and Real Nutria were priced higher. So was the 3X, 4X, 5X and 7X. The only cheaper hat than No 1 Quality Stetson had were Select Quality and Extra Quality. So it went like this...
    Select Quality
    Excellent Quality
    No. 1 Quality
    Extra Quality
    Nutria Quality
    Real Nutria Quality
    3x Beaver Quality
    4x Beaver Quality
    5x Beaver Quality
    7x Beaver Quality

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