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Blocking shop at Battersbys hatworks - the felt hat on the right awaits further forming. Note the massive chain drive on the machine on the left. Date: 1902
Machine plank shop at Battersbys hatworks - the top end where more exposed drive belts run next to a table with hundreds of felt cones await the next stage of the manufacturing process Date: 1902
Plank shop at Battersbys hatworks showing formed felt cones, te basis for a fur felt hat. Note the huge amount of pipework, and the exposed belt drives to the machinery. Date: 1902
Settling Machine at Battersbys hatworks with Walter Battersby on right. Obviously not a hurried process, whatever it involved. Date: 1902
Strimping Machine at Battersbys hatworks, another solid piece of machinery bearing the makers name Date: 1902
Tipstitcher machine at Battersbys hatworks - a fantastic piece of solid engineering, obviously built to last! Date: 1902
Belgian machine at Battersbys hatworks - designed to be beltdriven, and apparently recently assembled, judging by the spanner left on its base. Date: 1902
Hardening machine at Battersbys hatworks in Stockport. Note the exposed drive belts in use at the time Date: 1902
Photo of hat taken by Ernest Battersby, presumably with a view to publicity or for design purposes Date: 1902
Hat factory sewing machine at Battersbys Stockport Hat works, destined for delivery to their other factory near Arras, France Date: circa 1908
Hat factory machinery after fire at Battersbys of Stockport in June 1906. The machinery shown is a crown finishing machine, and in the top left of the picture the drive system is visible
Hat factory after fire in 1906, showing the scale of destruction after basic tidying up. Six weeks after the fire, production resumed. Date: 1906
Fire pump for Battersbys hat factory in Stockport in June 1906. The factory had suffered a major fire earlier that year and great emphasis was put on ensuring equpment was in place to combat any
Brim Press machine at hatworks in Offerton, Stockport in June 1908. Date: 1908
Singeing machine at hatworks in Offerton, Stockport in June 1908. Date: 1908
Finishers on conveyance in front of hat factory in Offerton, Stockport, about to leave on a works trip in Augist 1907. Note the spare third horse additional to the two in harness
Hat factory trimming room at Battersbys works, Stockport, in January 1908. Date: 1908
Edwardian group in the garden of Strathclyde, Offerton Road, Stockport. Standing with his sister and brothers is James Johnson Battersby who survived the Lusitania sinking ten years later
Finishers in front of hat factory in readiness for a works outing in August 1907. A fine depiction of Edwardian working men in their best clothes, even down to buttonholes! Date: 1907
Daimler car and passengers in Vienna, 1911. The driver is Fritz Huckel, hat manufacturer, and beside him is his wife. In the rear of the car is William Norfolk Battersby (1864-1953)
Boy with bullock plough in Austria, believed to be near Neutitschein as the photogrpaher waqs visiting the Huckel hat factory at the time
Nurse and child, who is the son of Fritz Huckel of Vienna. The photograph was taken outside the Huckels house, next door to their hat factory in Neutitschein, Austria (now Novy Jicin)
Sewing machine at hatworksPhotographed at Battersbys hat factory in Turncroft Lane, Offerton Stockport, note the industrial sized cotton reel on top of the sewing maching. Date: circa 1906
Printing Machine at hatworksPhotographed at Battersbys hat factory in Turncroft Lane, Offerton Stockport, a printing machine possibly for hat labels or publications within the works. Date: circa 1906
Group of men on steps of house at Offerton Lane, Stockport. Back left is William John Batersby, founder of the hat making company, back centre is his son Walter
Fire scene in hat factory middle rooms in June 1906 where the scale of damage at Battersbys Stockport premises can be seen. Oddly it appears some hats have survived the blaze, but very little else
Edwardian gentlemen with fishing rods at Ellesmere, Shropshire. On the right is Walter Battersby, hat manufacturer, and beside him is George Potter, a friend and employee Date: 1906
Hat factory finishing room at Battersby s, Stockport, in1906. This photograph shows the workbench and toolboxes for the workers, as well as the final packaging materials for the finished products
The Capitals Lacrosse Club of Canada (which is apparently still in existence today) visiting the Battersby Hat Factory in Stockport in 1906
Edwardian era house named as Oaklea, Davenport Park, Stockport, home of William Norfolk Battersby, hat manufacturer Date: 1906
Brim making machine at Battersbys hat factory in Stockport, 1906. This is believed to be new machinery bought to replace equipment destroyed in the fire a few weeks earlier Date: 1906
Massive fire damage at hat factory after 1906 fire, showing the extent of destruction, yet manufacture was stopped for only 6 weeks Date: 1906
Slating work on hat factory after fire in 1906, showing that some parts had been completed while others were still in ruins, but the delivery vehicle outside shows hat production was back under way
Four men in hat factory finishing room at Battersbys in Stockport, June 1906. Note the massive exposed machinery behind them and the driveshaft for it which comes through the wall. Date: 1906
Group outside engine house at hat factory in Stockport in June 1906, showing Edwardian factory work clothes. 9 out of 10 wearing hats, and two in wooden clogs. Date: 1906
Rebuilding the hat factory trimming room after the disastrous fire in 1906 had destroyed many of the buildings. Within 6 weeks production had restarted - this photo shows the work in progress to
Advert for Condor hats 1923The vivacious charm of Condor hats. Cloche hat designed to be worn low on the forehead, with the wearers eyes only slightly below the brim, lad ended with floral flowers to the side
Advert for Condor hats 1929Female model wearing a late 1920s Autumn skull hat. 1929
Making Hats in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA Date: 1909
Japan - Traditional Provincial Hat Maker working at the roadside. Date: circa 1907
Hat making 1949A hatter making a cap, used by Swedish students after reaching GCE A-level. Landskrona, Sweden 1949. Date: 1949
Cat in Hat ShopA doggy shop assistant helping a catty customer to select a new bonnet. Date: early 1930s
Hats by Bernard Devaux, 1960Three hats by Bernard Devaux, design for Lanvin Castillo and available through British milliner Simone Mirman. Top right is a turban shape in white net studded with a jewelled crescent
Kirchner Girl Circa 1913Parisian milliners apprentice delivering a new hat wears a short narrow skirt with a buttoned split at the side, Louis heel shoes, blouse with tie & a square, brimless hat. Date: circa 1913
Ladies drinking at a fashionable milliners in LondonLadies drinking at a fashionable milliners establishment in London. Date: 1871
Millinery, hat manufacturing, LutonA young man works on the production of straw hats in the stiffening room of a Milliner in York Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Little girl in a Milliners ShopA little girl in a Milliners Shop tries on an elegant hat and checks her reflection in a full-length mirror. She holds an adjusting pin in her mouth
Lilly Dache (1898-1989) French milliner who emigrated to America and was reported to have said - Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number