"Bobby" Blake 4X Quality Bailey Hat. "Bobby" Blake was fated to become Robert Blake, star of such films as In Cold Blood,...

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"Bobby" Blake 4X Quality Bailey Hat. "Bobby" Blake was fated to become Robert Blake, star of such films as In Cold Blood, Emmy winner for TV's Baretta and acquitted suspect in the 2001 murder of his wife. From the 1940s into the late 1950s he was known as "Bobby Blake," and this was his hat, with "Bobby Blake" engraved in the inside band. Also engraved on the inside leather band is "4X Quality Hand-Creased by Bailey." There's a small tan ribbon around the crown of the tan hat, which comes in a Stetson box in Excellent condition.

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