Baltimore Hats
by William T. Brigham
About this book
It is not impossible that some useful information may be conveyed by this book. Should these pages prove of such service, their cost in labor is most cheerfully donated.This volume is composed of a series of articles which appeared in a Trade Journal, covering a period of two years from 1887 to 1889. It must be accepted as but a brief history of an industry long identified with Baltimore.Thanks are due the Librarian of the Maryland Historical Society and Mr. B. R. Sheriff for favors in lending rare and valuable old City directories; also to the many citizens who kindly aided and assisted in the search for needed information.The Author. (from the Preface)
Chapters (18)
1INTRODUCTORY.
2EARLY DAYS.
3PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION.
4AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
5EARLY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
6SOME OLD FIRMS.
7PATRIARCHS OF THE TRADE.
8JACOB ROGERS.
9OLD METHODS.
10JOHN PETTICORD.
11MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY.
12FASHIONS.
13NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
14GROWTH OF BUSINESS.
15HISTORY OF THE MACKINAW HAT.
16MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
17A MODEL ESTABLISHMENT.
18WAYS AND MEANS OF THE PRESENT TIME.
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