
Brass Rooster Hats
Clip: Season 2 Episode 5 | 3m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
The McLaughlin’s keep a centuries-old tradition alive in Milwaukee–one hat at a time.
In this story by Litmus Pictures, meet John & Kate McLaughlin. The Milwaukee couple runs the Brass Rooster Hat Company; and in addition to handcrafting hats, they offer full cleaning and repair services, custom fittings and customer service as traditional as the 100 year old equipment they use to make their hats.
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Brass Rooster Hats
Clip: Season 2 Episode 5 | 3m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
In this story by Litmus Pictures, meet John & Kate McLaughlin. The Milwaukee couple runs the Brass Rooster Hat Company; and in addition to handcrafting hats, they offer full cleaning and repair services, custom fittings and customer service as traditional as the 100 year old equipment they use to make their hats.
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Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...