1940 Israel PALESTINE HAIFA Advertising HAT PRINT BLOCK Borsalino FEDORA Jewish

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Here for sale is an ultra rare ORIGINAL illustrated JEWISH ADVERTISING PRINTING - PRINT  BLOCK which was created and distributed around 60 years ago by a SHOP of HATS selling and HAT REPAIRS named "HAKOVA EXPRESS" ( The HAT EXPRESS ) in HAIFA Eretz Israel in the 1940's up to the 1950's. The HATS SHOP was located in HAIFA's main commercial street at the time HERZL STREET.  The JUDAICA PRINT BLOCK depicts a male figure wearing a FEDORA or BORSALINO hat and another male figure wearing a BERET
. The METAL PRINT BLOCK is glued to a wooden base . Around 5"x 5".  Very good condition. ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images - Please note that the print block was diverted by photoshop into mirror image to enable reading ) . Will be sent in a special protective packaging  .
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Payment method accepted : Paypal .
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Shipp worldwide via registered airmail is $ 25 . Will be sent  in a special protective packaging .
Will be sent  around 5 days after payment .
A fedora
is a felt hat most commonly worn by men. A few fedoras have names of their own, including the trilby.
The hat is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" in the front on both sides.Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, diamond crowns, center dents, and others, and the positioning of pinches can vary. The typical crown height is 4.5 inches (11.4 centimeters).The brim is usually approximately 2.5 inches (6.3 centimeters) wide, but may be wider,can be left "raw edged" (left as cut), finished with a sewn
overwelt
or
underwelt
, or bound with a trim-ribbon.The term
fedora
was in use as early as 1891. Its popularity soared, and eventually it eclipsed the similar-looking Homburg. Fedoras can be found in nearly any color, but black, grey, tan ("fawn"), and dark brown are the most popular.The word
fedora
comes from the title of an 1882 play by dramatist Victorien Sardou,
Fédora
, written for Sarah Bernhardt. The play was first performed in the United States in 1889. Bernhardt played Princess Fédora, the heroine of the play. During the play, Bernhardt, a notorious cross-dresser, wore a center-creased, soft brimmed hat. Womens-rights activists adopted the fashion. Men began to wear them with city clothes after 1924, led by Britain's Prince Edward, the most influential man of fashion in his day. It was popular for its stylishness and its ability to protect the wearer's head from the wind and weather. Since the early part of the 20th century, many Haredi and other Orthodox Jews have made black fedoras normative to their daily wear.Fedoras have become widely associated with gangsters and Prohibition, which coincided with the height of the hat's popularity in the 1920s to early 1950s. In the second half of the 1950s, it fell out of favor due to a shift towards more informal clothing styles.The fedora enjoyed a revival only a few years after its waning popularity, dating back to the mid-1970s. The fedora as a personal statement has made impacts on American and global culture: Indiana Jones popularized his fedora in the
Indiana Jones
franchise. Among historical figures: legendary college football coach Paul Bear Bryant could be seen, on national television, roaming the sidelines wearing his trademark plaid and hounds-tooth fedoras. He also appeared on the cover of TIME magazine wearing a fedora under the banner: SUPERCOACH. Another coach associated with the fedora is Coach Tom Landry, who wore the hat while he was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. It would later become his trademark image. A cenotaph dedicated to Landry with a depiction of his fedora was placed in the official Texas State Cemetery in Austin at the family's request. In addition the Cowboys wore a patch on their uniforms during the 2000 season depicting Landry's fedora. Author Terry Pratchett is known for having the fedora as a normal part of his image.In music, Michael Jackson frequently wore a fedora in public appearances, concerts and video clips.In the television series
Fringe
, the mysterious figures, the Observers, all wear fedoras. Borsalino is the name of a hat company known particularly for its fedoras. Established in 1857, Borsalino produces felt from Belgian rabbit fur at its factory in Alessandria, Italy.Giuseppe Borsalino visited Italy and France to learn the hat trade, and set up the first artisan workshop for the production of felt hats. When Giuseppe Borsalino died, he was succeeded by his son, Teresio Borsalino, in the family business. His success lasted until the 1940s, when the hat business declined in prominence.In 1986, the Borsalino factory moved to its current location in the suburbs of Alessandria. The University of Alessandria (as well as a museum dedicated to the history of the hat) occupy the former offices of the Borsalino company.The company currently produces a wide variety of products such as hats, ties, clothing, watches, perfumes and even old fashioned bicycles, and the company tries to keep all the charm and class from last century's fashion.The company has branches in the USA and Europe.Recently, Borsalino also started to produce helmets for motorbikes.    ebay2459