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Object Name |
Boater |
Object ID |
1995-0031-0001 |
Description |
Fancy dress "boater" style hat made from woven straw; flat crown with wider, flat rim; decorated with a wide, brown woven ribbon around the crown. Inside of crown is reinforced on the top with satin [inscription: "DeLuxe/ TRADE MARK/ Eureka (printed in reverse inside a crown emblem)] and around the sides with netting and a brown leather hatband. Worn by donor at wedding to his first wife, Edith, on July 2, 1923. Purchased at Frank Mayfield's store in Willits several days before the wedding. Dimsensions: Brim 33 cm front to back, 29 cm. side to side; 61 cm. interior circumference of crown; crown height is 9 cm. |
Collection |
Mark M. Walker Collection |
Date |
circa 1923 |
Lexicon Category |
3: Personal Artifacts |