1834-1867
GUSN-12246
A black man's hat, with a wool band, and a grosgrain ribbon around the rim. It has an interior leather band.
hats
headgear
appliqué (technique)
felt (textile)
cloth
hair
leather
ribbon (material)
wool (textile)
Leather
Felt
Hair
Wool
Grosgrain
Ribbon
Applied
HAT
The leather band has intitials reading: JRM. A label reads: Extra Quality/Trade Mark/Dunlap & Co, NY/Reg US PAT Office;/Jackson & Co, 161 Tremont St. Boston, MA. There is also an applied gold ""M"".
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Dunlap & Co. (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
6.5 x 9.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1533A
New York state (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
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