05-30-2015, 09:55 PM
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great photo ref
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Originally Posted by ksfarmboy
Leon, I have a few baseball postcards where guys are wearing advertising hats like this one. I always called them painters caps. Figured they got them at the hardware or dry goods store. I also have some that look like they are wearing train conductor hats. I guess for some of the pick up teams they wore whatever hat they could find. The guys in the white hats on the bottom pc are from a flour company. I believe they have the hats turned around so you can't see the bills. Of course the pcs are from the 1907-1910 time frame.
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Clint, Great photo reference...I'm not surprised to see it...to my, eye that cap looks like nearly a dead ringer for a baseball pill box cap...albeit, one which the Prickly Ash Bitters company had the good foresight to utilize as an advertising vehicle...I really like the way the advertising is laid out...whoever designed it did a remarkable job for back then...Now all that said...I think it's very cool...but nevertheless I don't think it has the eye appeal of a real pill box cap with stripes and all...but it's a great novelty...and in terrific condition...If I could afford every little nic-knack I liked I'd certainly get it...
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