An evolving miscellaneous baseball hat/trucker cap clothing tag label history by year.
How I came up with the years for the tags:
The date on a graphic doesn't necessarily mean that was the date the item was produced. The copyright dates are the date the image itself was copyrighted and not necessarily when the item was printed. Sorry but that Snoopy tee was most likely not made in 1965. A dated event graphic like the 1984 World Series or a 1979 Annual Chili Cook Off is more likely to represent the true vintage age of the item. Unless it was a graphic popular enough to be reprinted, there is no reason an item with an event date would be printed in a later year than it states. Of course, any event item could always have been printed on an older blank item that the printing business had in stock which is why you might see different tags for the same year. Unless we get a tag history directly from the clothing companies, this can never be an exact science.
The years for the tags below were taken from hates that had years for events that the hat design was featuring and not from copyright dates. Beware of other websites that don't state how they came up with their dates as they might be getting them from copyright dates. This blog is evolving and will be updated as I collect more examples. This is a tool for me that I am providing to you.
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Generic No Brand
1980s:
1983
1990s:
1992
1999
AJD Cap Co
1980s:
1988
Decky
1990s:
1998
Headmaster
Y2Ks 2000s:
2001
KC
1990s:
1995
Mohr's
1990s:
1998
1999
Nissin
1980s:
1988
1990s:
1991
1993
1994
Otto Cap
1980s:
1988
1992
Sports Specialties - The Twill
1990s:
1992
Unitog
1970s:
1977
1978
YoungAn - YA Headwear II
1990s:
1991
