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  1. Messmer Konrad Carl, Hut-Fabrikant, founded in 1790, seems to have been one of the Hoflieferanten (deliverers of the Austrian Court):

    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_k.u.k._Hoflieferanten_1899#M

    https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Liste_der_k.u.k._Hoflieferanten_1899

    and Hotel Kummer (where he sold his hats?) still exists (Dec. 2019): https://kummer-hotel-vienna.hotel-ds.com/de/ there is a nice picture on their homepage showing how it looked like at the time with many shops at the basement.

    In 1939 they were still there, with new associates: Margarete Messmer/Meßmer (wife? daughter?) and Carl & Margarethe Puxbaum.

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    also in 1942, meanwhile Margarete Puxbaum became Margarete Schnell:

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    HR = Handelsregister, there should be further information there.

  2. Hello Steve,

    yes, I took the info from the Graz Adressbücher. What is interesting is that the paid ads (see above) state "Huterzeugung" (at Schmiedgasse 14) so it seems they really made hats, the entry in the telephone directory says: Handel ("retail of hats, caps, millinery, slippers and felt shoes") and this retail seems to have taken place at the other addresses.

    Unfortunately I couldn't find anything on Kahr - the only available address books are for 1938 and 1943. Could this have been a case of aryanisation? As it was a OHG (Ordinary/General partnership) there should be info available in the Firmenbuch.

     

     

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  3. Ladies and Gentlemen,

     

    following Steve's invitation I am going to present my hats in this splendid forum. I am not a new media man - so please forgive me imperfections in this field. Strictly speaking I am no hat collector either, I am just interested in headgear in general, its making, the trades, the firms so when I come across a nice vintage specimen that doesn't cost much I can't resist. I got all of my hats but 2 on flea markets, so they are not as mint as many of those I saw here.

     

    Let me start with some pictures taken today in Salzburg, my hometown, from the few remaining hat shops and what can still be seen of those which were closed.

     

    1. Hut Geiger: Used to be in the big shop, now "Monbijou" - the usual tourist shop. Geiger is just round the corner in Goldgasse now.

    UPDATE 2019: Geiger has given up completely.

     

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    2. Collins: The last bigger store in Salzburg.

    UPDATE 2019: There is still a hat shop there, yet it is no longer Collins but Zapf, a producer from Salzburg /Werfen 

     

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