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Title
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If the Hat Fits
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Description
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Profile of businessman Dan Saferstein, president of the Sportsman Cap Network. Saferstein is the great-grandson of Jacob Yeddis and grandson of Abe Yeddis, two generations of hatmakers who started the Kansas City-based Pioneer Hat Company in 1935. The company became Promotional Headwear International (PHI) in 1978 and Sportsman Cap Network in 2001. Saferstein joined the family business in 1993.
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Date
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2008-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Interview with Ann Brownfield
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Description
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Interview with Ann Brownfield about her experience as a designer Kansas City and other Midwestern cities. She recalls her start designing shoes in St. Louis, later teaching pattern-making in Grand Island, Nebraska, and working in sportswear, coat, and suit design at Brand and Puritz after moving to Kansas City in 1960. She describes opening her own factory in Kansas City, Kansas, designing and sewing small collections for a variety of clients, including making warm-up suits for the 1972 US Olympic ski team; and her later closure due to the decline of skilled sewing machine operators. She also discusses the decline of the local industry, manufacturing moving overseas, and later working in retail, giving tours of the old garment district, and beginning to collect clothing and other items from local manufacturers.
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Date
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2005-11-14
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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Interview with Steve Hammer
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Description
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Interview with Steve Hammer about his family's history in Kansas City garment industry. He discusses his family's company, Hammer Brothers, and how it adapted to industry changes by moving from suppliers and manufacturers for the coat and dress business, to promotional clothing and hats, to supplying the patch and athletic wear embroidery industry. He also discusses his Jewish identity, his relationship with the local Jewish community, and also discusses his maternal family's Cake Box Bakeries.
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Date
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2008-10-14
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Object Type
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Video Recording
