Hatmaking Collection

C17 MENs HATTER
A mens hatmaker at work at his bench

Finishing Panama Hats at Maduros Souvenir Store, Panama. Date: circa 1910s

A 17th century Hatter
A hat maker Date: 17th century

Group of Edwardian men on garden steps in Stockport, comprising menbers of the Battersby hatmaking family and what are believed to be French business associates Date: circa 1911

Group on steps at house in Offerton Lane, Stockport. The four on the left are members of the Battersby hatmaking family of Stockport, the other three are probably business associates from France

Miss Nash in the garden of Battersbys house, Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport, where she was a frequent visitor as her father had business links with the Battersby hatmaking firm Date: 1913

Making Hats in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA Date: 1909

Panama Hat makers in Indonesia - the hats are made from the plaited leaves of the Carludovica palmata plant, known locally as the toquilla palm or jipijapa palm Date: circa 1904

Japan - Traditional Provincial Hat Maker working at the roadside. Date: circa 1907

Milliner
A hatter, Landskrona 1952 Date: 1952

Daily Mirror Advertising space advertisement - Hatter
An advertisement from the Daily Mirror looking for companies to advertise in the newspaper, using the argument that more skilled workers than ever are readers of the paper. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Straw Hats Drying
Hundreds of straw sun-hats being dried in the open air at a Luton factory

Hatmaking Machine
An interesting and intriguing hatmaking machine which is shown here in the process of flattening a hat brim

Hatmaking 1750
Hatmakers at work round their kettle - a workbench placed over a heated stove to make the materials easier to work

Hatmaker 1827
A hatmaker making mens hats

Hatmaking in Triberg
A hatmaking workshop in Triberg, Black Forest, Germany. People of various ages, possibly a family, are involved in the various stages of the hatmaking process

C16th Hatters
Two hatters and an apprentice are involved in some of the various processes involved in hatmaking

Hatters at Work
Hatters at work round their kettle, a heated workbench, each occupied with a different stage of manufacture. Some 60, 000 beaver furs were bought from Canada every year

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