Fedora, Worn by Henry Ford, circa 1936

Artifact

Fedora

Date Made

circa 1936

Creators

Knox Hat Company 

Hat Corporation of America 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

United States, Connecticut, Norwalk 

Creator Notes

The Knox Hat Company (New York, NY) was absorbed by the Hat Corporation of America (Norwalk, CT) in 1932. Knox remained one of their lines of hats.

Keywords

Fedoras 

Hats 

Men's clothing 

Clothing 

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

00.1510.86

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. From the Estate of Henry and Clara Ford.

Material

Felt (Textile)
Wool (Textile)
Silk (Textile)
Satin
Leather

Technique

Machine sewing (Technique)
Hand sewing

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Length: 12.5 in

Width: 11 in

Height: 4.75 in

Inscriptions

PREMIER/REGISTERED/MOVEO ET PROFICIO/KNOX/FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK KNOX/NEW YORK/CUSTOM/EDGE TRADE MARK/OVALIZED/6 3/4/SIXTEENTHS SIZOR/REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./PAT. NO 1702427/PAT. NO. 1992285/RAISE LEATHER FOR INSTRUCTIONS/TO ADJUST HEADSIZE OPEN METAL/CLIP UNDER REAR OF LEATHER AND/ EITHER TIGHTEN OR LOOSEN CLIP ON/TAPES ACCORDING TO WHETHER A/SMALLER OR LARGER SIZE IS DESIRED.