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Hat
- Material
- FABRIC-WOOL;
- Description
- a) black cloth hat with a flat brim, top is coated in plastic. Grey decorative cord is stretched across front of the hat and held at each side by silver buttons embossed with a design that looks like an urn or harp. Inside is a faded grey makers mark: "A.B. Hewer Co. / Caps". Brown leather band aro…
- Title
- Smithers Band Hat
- Manufacturer
- A.B. Hewer Co.
- Category
- PERSONAL OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CLOTHING, HEADWEAR
- Start Date
- 1930
- End Date
- 1940
- Period or Date Notes
- CIRCA 1930:1940
- Description
- a) black cloth hat with a flat brim, top is coated in plastic. Grey decorative cord is stretched across front of the hat and held at each side by silver buttons embossed with a design that looks like an urn or harp. Inside is a faded grey makers mark: "A.B. Hewer Co. / Caps". Brown leather band around the interior rim.
b) gold pin with same symbol as the silver buttons, pinned to front of the hat.
- History Of Use
- Band hat worn by Reginald Collison as a member of the Smithers Band (sometimes called "Gray's Orchestra"). Collison arrived in Smithers in 1928, died in 1985.
- Material
- FABRIC-WOOL;
- Length
- 29.5
- Diameter
- Outside: 23.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1996.160.3 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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