A 1937 “Coolie Sailor” hat – “as gay as a Peking party”

Cincinnati’s Giddings Department Store ran a promotion in January 1937 on the delightful looking (but perhaps not so delightfully named) felt “coolie sailor” hat, the “China-China”. As the advertising says – “gay as a Peking party” it will “China Clipper you right into Spring”. And only $3.95.