Boy's black leather hat with visor brim; two leather straps on either side that tie up to the top of the hat with a black ribbon (possibly a chin strap?).
hats
leather
boys
childhood
Hat
"WILLIAM BARRY / MANUFACTURER OF SILK, CLOTH, HAIR, LINEN AND LEATHER CAPS / No. 94 Washington Street, Boston"
Doggett, Nathaniel Bradlee, 1818-
Barry, William (Hatter)
Boston, Massachusetts
Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Q. Taylor
1970.44A
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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