Lot 027 - Antique Top Hat With "The Heim Hat" Maker's Mark, Manchester, New Hampshire, Likely Beaverskin, Size 7-1/8, With Period Paperboard Hat Box 2296 though one search result suggested

though one search result suggested they may have been located in Springfield

The focusing knob operates

taken by student Ethel Taylor at Hoosac Street School in 1910

Some leaves are worn and chipped

Lot 027 - Antique Top Hat With "The Heim Hat" Maker's Mark, Manchester, New Hampshire, Likely Beaverskin, Size 7-1/8, With Period Paperboard Hat Box 2296 though one search result suggestedAntique gentlemans top hat bearing an interior maker's mark reading "The Heim Hat," Manchester, New Hampshire. The hat features a black grosgrain hatband around the crown and a leather sweatband inside, marked in pen "BG" and "7 1 8." The material has not been confirmed as beaverskin but appears to be either beaverskin or a similar felted material. Accompanied by a period paperboard hat box with green covering. Moderate wear consistent with age and