Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
WESTERN HATS WITH OVAL CROWNS
Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2009
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| Most riders seemed to get their own hat molds. Some of the hats are numbered or lettered on the underside of the crown, usually fairly visible. However, some hats like the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger hats have letters so fine, you really have to be searching for them. It is not uncommon to find some of the letters backwards or incomplete, such as the hat for The Texan-Bill Longley. I haven’t inspected every hat in my collection for numbering variations, but there could easily be other numbers or letters in some hats that I have not found. | ||
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| Annie Oakley : no number or letter, has holes for thread, similar to Evans hat except has braided edge. | ||
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| Jim Bowie : no number or letter, same as Earp hats—only white. | ||
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| Dale Evans: no number or letter, same has used on early Champ Dale & later Green Dale, some Champs | ||
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| Matt Dillon : no number or letter, has a fine line around brim, otherwise very similar to Troop GF hat. | ||
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| Tom Jeffords : no number or letter, slightly crushed oval crown. | ||
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| Wyatt Earp (Horse & Rider) : no number or letter , range from reddish to maroon, to black | ||
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| Jim Hardie (Horse & Rider) : H | ||
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| Paladin (Horse & Rider) : P, same hat as Paladin Gunfighter. | ||
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| Josh Randall : 828, 28, 82 | ||
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| Johnny Yuma - The Rebel : no number | ||
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| Bill Longley - The Texan : 827, 27, 72 | ||
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| Some of the Gunfighters share hats with their Horse and Rider sets. However, Maverick and Hardie have smaller heads and were fitted with their very own hats. | ||
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| Jim Hardie : no number or letter, smaller and more slender hat than Horse & Rider | ||
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| Chris Colt : no number or letter. | ||
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| Wyatt Earp : no number or letter, same as Horse & Rider, often maroon, sometimes black. | ||
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| Bat Masterson : no number or letter | ||
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| Paladin : P, same as Horse and Rider hat. | ||
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| Dan Troop : no number or letter, similar to a Dillon hat but no fine line at the edge of the brim. | ||
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| Johnny McKay : no number or letter, similar to a Dillon hat but thicker and black | ||