This short study surveys the hat trade of Baltimore, looking at the city’s role in the manufacture and commerce of hats past and present. It documents local makers, materials, and the place of the hat industry in the city’s economic life.
A focused piece of regional and industrial history, the work preserves details of a specialized trade and its development. For historians of American manufacturing and fashion, it offers a window onto a particular center of the hat business. A concise specialist account, it is available here as a free EPUB download.