What's Your Hurry? Here's Your Army Hat— and the 



Below: Sewing the 

 sweat band on a 

 finished hat. A 

 machine does the 

 sewing in one-half 

 the time required 

 by hand operators 



The first process in 

 making an army 

 hat is shown above. 

 The metal shaping 

 cone is placed over 

 the fur and revolv- 

 ed at great speed 



At right: Making 

 the crown and 

 brim smooth by 

 putting the hat 

 through a series of 

 grinding rollers cov- 

 ered with fine emery 



The inspection ta- 

 ble. After the hats 

 are shrunk and 

 dyed they are ex- 

 amined before be- 

 ing sent on to 

 the forming room 



Below: The cone 

 of fur as it is re- 

 moved from the 

 blowing machine. 

 It is very soft and 

 delicate requiring 

 careful handling 



which stretches the 

 edge of the hat 

 until it resembles 

 a brim. Shellac 

 gives the stiffening 



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