Chapeaux de Maurice Hat
Do you remember shopping here? In the fall of 1962, a new store opened at the Park Ridge Shopping Center at 1612 S. Western Avenue, called Chapeaux de Maurice. The store directors were Maurice Beecher and Dr. Charles McDonald, with Mrs. Beecher running the shop. The retail store sold fragrances, jewelry, clothing, and their own label of hats. The museum has one such hat in the collection, a blue nylon pillbox style hat with the label “I come from Chapeaux de Maurice Sioux Falls, So. Dak.” inside. Unfortunately, the store was not open very long and closed in the fall of 1964.
