Smithbilt Hats
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Smithbilt Hats is a Calgary-based hat manufacturer, producers of the white cowboy hat emblematic to Calgary
. The company was created in 1919 after Morris Shumiatcher purchased the Calgary Hat Works for $300.
The first white cowboy hat was created in 1926, and came to prominence in 1949, after Mayor Don Mackay started wearing it as part as his efforts to promote Calgary.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
. The company was created in 1919 after Morris Shumiatcher purchased the Calgary Hat Works for $300.
The first white cowboy hat was created in 1926, and came to prominence in 1949, after Mayor Don Mackay started wearing it as part as his efforts to promote Calgary.