Workers press straw hat bodies in a Danbury factory, showing a branch of production different from fur-felt hatmaking.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Danbury’s Hat & Fur Industry, SGC-CT045-045, ED-IG-DAN-01, “Hatters pressing straw hat bodies.” Source: / Danbury Museum & Historical Society, reproduced by News-Times. https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/coming-sunday-the-last-of-the-hatters-979152.php. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.