G. Howard Hodge, American Milliner

 

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G. Howard Hodge

G. Howard Hodge was one of the best known American milliners of the mid 20th Century. Born in Woodland,Ca. outside of Sacramento in 1891, he was the son of a farmer turned grocer. As a teenager, he moved on to San Francisco, working as a stock clerk at Mueller and Rans millinery factory. Prior to WWI, he had become