Hat, Top
- Object Name:
- Hat, Top
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.912.2
- Description:
- Top hat. Man's tall black beaver hat. Narrow black grosgrain band around base of crown. Paper lining with printed brown crosshatched pattern. Maker's gold imprint inside crown, covered with pink paper label inscribed "L[?] / Haverhill" in pencil. No sweat band.
- Material:
- Beaver
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-7 W-10.5 D-12.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951), and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Top hats
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