Hats & Patches
Here are some hats purchased from a recent estate sale for $2.00 each. The black Sargent’s Equipment & Repair Service hat’s (4 in all) are new / never worn and still had the cardboard anti crush inserts inside them. Sargent’s has two locations, Chicago Heights, IL and Gilbert’s, IL.
Located in Alsip, IL., the round McAllister Equipment Co patch was originally on the red corduroy hat pictured here. The CAT patch was on a badly mangled, yellow screen mesh hat.
The original idea was to sew all three patches on three different polo shirts, but the Ozinga patch looked to be too big for a shirt. It’s 4 x 2.5 inches. So, I sewed it back on the other red hat.
The OZINGA patch was originally on a red cotton hat that had a foam lining in it that was disintegrating from age. I think the hat may have been meant to be worn under a hard hat?
OZINGA is a Cement Company throughout the Chicago suburbs.
I was going to throw out the red corduroy hat , but after a closer inspection it too looked like a never worn hat, just covered with some dirt and dust from sitting in a box. All six hats were a bit dusty and dirty from sitting around but after a good washing they came out great looking.
I hate the foam front, screen mesh hats because they tend to sit 2 inches above the top of your head and make you look like; "Big Head". It had my brand of motor oil (Castrol GTX) that I’ve been driving on for over 500,000 miles, so I bought it. I just won’t wear it.
The original Ozinga and Cat hats were thrown out.
Hats & Patches
Here are some hats purchased from a recent estate sale for $2.00 each. The black Sargent’s Equipment & Repair Service hat’s (4 in all) are new / never worn and still had the cardboard anti crush inserts inside them. Sargent’s has two locations, Chicago Heights, IL and Gilbert’s, IL.
Located in Alsip, IL., the round McAllister Equipment Co patch was originally on the red corduroy hat pictured here. The CAT patch was on a badly mangled, yellow screen mesh hat.
The original idea was to sew all three patches on three different polo shirts, but the Ozinga patch looked to be too big for a shirt. It’s 4 x 2.5 inches. So, I sewed it back on the other red hat.
The OZINGA patch was originally on a red cotton hat that had a foam lining in it that was disintegrating from age. I think the hat may have been meant to be worn under a hard hat?
OZINGA is a Cement Company throughout the Chicago suburbs.
I was going to throw out the red corduroy hat , but after a closer inspection it too looked like a never worn hat, just covered with some dirt and dust from sitting in a box. All six hats were a bit dusty and dirty from sitting around but after a good washing they came out great looking.
I hate the foam front, screen mesh hats because they tend to sit 2 inches above the top of your head and make you look like; "Big Head". It had my brand of motor oil (Castrol GTX) that I’ve been driving on for over 500,000 miles, so I bought it. I just won’t wear it.
The original Ozinga and Cat hats were thrown out.