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Title: The human element in the Stetson business
Date(s): 1925-01
Creator: John B. Stetson Hat Company
Collection ID: Pam 2001.500
Hagley ID: Stetson_2001500_Human_Element
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: John B. Stetson Company catalog, This catalogue will tell you of the class of hats we are producing ...
Date(s): 1901~, 1901
Creator: John B. Stetson Hat Company
Hagley ID: Stetson_1901_Catalogue
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: John B. Stetson Company personnel practices
Date(s): 1926
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Clark, Franklin Stetson, 1893-1976 (author)
Description: The typescript describes personnel policies of the company, including the apprentice program, bonuses, and use of the Stetson auditorium.
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: Stetson_2001214_typescript
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Stetson Hats : Spring and Summer 1911
Date(s): 1911
Creator: John B. Stetson Hat Company
Hagley ID: Stetson_1911_Catalogue
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Stetson's monthly, Exposition Number
Date(s): 1899-10
Creator: John B. Stetson Hat Company
Hagley ID: Stetson_1899_Catalogue
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: The Stetson century, 1865-1965:
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): (originator), (author)
Hagley ID: 08044451_stetson_century
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Stetson hats the world over : the story of fifty years of Stetson foreign business
Date(s): 1927
Creator: John B. Stetson Hat Company
Collection ID: 90.443
Hagley ID: Stetson_90443_World_Over
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Christmas meeting of Stetson employees
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: A striking and impressive scene is the annual gathering of all the employees of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, in the immense auditorium, for the Christmas celebration. The President of the Company addresses the employees, awards are distributed to everyone, and the Stetson Chorus of one hundred and fifty voices renders appropriate selections.
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_012
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Weaving silk bands and bindings for Stetson hats
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: Nearly seven million yards of bands, bindings and braids are produced annually in the Weaving Department, of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, requiring more than forty thousand pounds of raw silk, imported from Japan and Italy. All the machinery, from spoolers to great, complicated looms, is made in the Company's own machine shop. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_008
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Trimming Stetson stiff hats
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: The greatest care is given to detail, in manufacturing Stetson hats, as is evidenced in the trimming departments of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia. The leathers, bands, and bindings must be of the highest quality and are made to fit perfectly, each stitch being closely inspected. The operations of trimming soft and stiff hats differ but slightly. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_009
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: View of the new Stetson Athletic grounds, opening day May 3rd 1913
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: The Stetson Athletic Field adjoins one of the buildings of the John B. Stetson Company's plant in Philadelphia. It was formally opened May 3, 1913, in the presence of six thousand persons. The stands have a seating capacity of thirty-five hundred. Provision is made for base-ball, tennis, basket ball and other out-door sports.
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_011
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Cutting fur for Stetson hats
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: In the Fur-cutting Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, eleven and a half million skins are handled annually. The prepared skins are fed into the machines, which convert the pelt into fine shreds, the fur emerging apparently untouched. The cut fur is carefully graded as to color and quality, and is used to form the Stetson hat bodies.
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_010
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Flanging Stetson soft hats
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: Certain classes of Stetson soft hats are curled in the Flanging Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia. The edge of the brim is dampened, and is then turned up with a small heated iron. It is placed on a hollow wooden form under a hugh [sic] bag of sand resting on a steam-heated table. The hot bag is allowed to descend, and in a few minutes shapes the brim. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_005
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Forming Stetson hat bodies
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: In the Forming Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, the fur is blown on a revolving copper cone, minutely perforated, about three feet high, forming a thin covering of felt. This cone and the felt, protected by a metal covering, are immersed in hot water, after which the formed body is removed. This is the first step in the actual shaping of the hat. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_004
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Factories of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: The factories of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, cover five acres of ground, providing twenty-nine acres of floor space. Four thousand men and fourteen hundred women are employed. Two large auditoriums for the use of employees are located in the plant, one having a seating capacity of eighteen hundred and the other fifty-five hundred. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_001
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Finishing Stetson soft hats
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: Finishing soft hats in the Finishing Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, is apparently a simple operation, but long experience is necessary to attain proficiency. Fine emery paper is used to smooth the felt, and the utmost care is taken to do the work evenly. This is the operation which makes the felt so smooth and pleasing to the touch. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_007
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Reception Room, [John B. Stetson Hat Company]
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: Visitors to the offices of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, are particularly impressed with the beauty of the reception room for customers. This is perhaps the most handsomely appointed of its kind in the country. The furniture and woodwork are of San Domingan mahogany, beautifully matched, showing very fine examples of artistic carving and paneling. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_002
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Stetson salesroom
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: Every comfort is provided for visiting, out-of-town customers who wish to place orders with the John B. Stetson Company while in Philadelphia. In the magnificent [sic] salesroom hundreds of hats are shown in all qualities and an almost unlimited variety of styles and colors. The Company has ten thousand retail and one hundred fifty wholesale accounts on its books. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_003
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Sizing Stetson hat bodies
Date(s): 1913
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator)
Description: Sizing is systematic shrinking of the formed hat bodies to proper size. In the Sizing Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, the bodies are repeatedly dipped in hot water, which causes the fur fibers to shrink and knit closely. While shrinking they are carefully manipulated so that the fur is properly distributed, being reduced about two-thirds in size. [Caption on back of postcard]
Collection ID: Postcard views of John B. Stetson plant (Accession 2006.203)
Hagley ID: P2006203_006
Collection: John B. Stetson plant postcard views

Title: Soft hat finishing
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952 (associated name)
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: AVD_2001_214_003
Collection: John B. Stetson Company photographs

Title: Some of the crew with Christmas turkeys
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952 (associated name)
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: AVD_2001_214_006
Collection: John B. Stetson Company photographs

Title: The Human Element in the Stetson Business
Date(s): 1925-01
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952 (associated name)
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: AVD_2001_214_001
Collection: John B. Stetson Company photographs

Title: One of the girls' cafeterias
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952 (associated name)
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: AVD_2001_214_008
Collection: John B. Stetson Company photographs

Title: A section of soft hat trimming
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952 (associated name)
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: AVD_2001_214_005
Collection: John B. Stetson Company photographs

Title: Sizing department
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): John B. Stetson Hat Company (originator), Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952 (associated name)
Collection ID: John B. Stetson Company photographs (Accession 2001.214)
Hagley ID: AVD_2001_214_004
Collection: John B. Stetson Company photographs

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