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Stetson Hat Company
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA, photography credit Joel Benjamin
Stetson Hat Company
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA, photography credit Joel Benjamin

Stetson Hat Company

Founded 1865
Stetson is a brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company. Founded in 1865, John B. Stetson Company began when John B. Stetson headed west and created the original hat of the pioneering American West.