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Straw boater hat with unusual crown construction and taupe grosgrain ribbon band. Leather sweatband, net lining, ribbon with retailer's mark on interior of crown [see Inscriptions and images]
boaters
hats
straw (plant material)
leather
silk (textile)
net (textile)
Hat
Hat
Marked "Louis A. Dozois & Co. / Manchester, N.H." (black ink stamp). (printed)
"BON TON IVY/Trade mark/Patents Oct 4th 98/No 611983/May 17th 04 No 760087/See the Elastic is [b?]led under the leather"
Original To Beauport (Gloucester, Mass.),
Louis A. Dozois & Co. (Retailer)
3 1/2 x 11 3/4 (HxW), 13 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.5190
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