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the hat so iconic that 'cowboy' is just its résumé
means A wide-brimmed, high-crowned felt hat of the kind associated with American cowboys and the Old West.
from Not from any ancient root but from a man: John B. Stetson, the American hatmaker who in the 1860s designed his 'Boss of the Plains' hat. It sold so well across the frontier that his surname became the everyday word for the style — a brand name worn so often it slipped quietly into the dictionary.
- origin
- Invented by a Philadelphia man, not a cowboy
- first model
- Named 'Boss of the Plains' in 1865
- water trick
- Felt brim doubled as a portable drinking cup
- price flex
- Premium versions cost thousands, made of beaver
- sales peak
- Made over two million hats yearly by 1900s
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stetson university — private university in deland, florida, founded in 1883
stetson hat — western hat style originating from john b. stetson's company, established 1865