Mark with Clothing label : Hattie Carnegie. | #384283

Hattie Carnegie was born as Hanrietta Kanengeiser in Vienna, Austria in 1889. She and her family immigrated to the United States in 1900. In 1909, Hattie and a friend, Rose Roth, opened a hat shop. By 1940, the business was so large that employed over 1000 workers. Hattie Carnegie died in 1956, but the business remained open until 1976. this particular Hattie Carnegie clothing label is from a 1950s jacket.