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Brass Rooster Hats

The McLaughlin’s keep a centuries-old tradition alive in Milwaukee–one hat at a time.

10/05/2014 | Rating TV-G

Wisconsin Life

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.

10/05/2014 | Rating TV-G

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