Brown straw hat with high crown, lined with brown velvet, with left side of hat turned up and secured with large velvet bow. Hat is ornamented with brown metallic beads and feathers in reds and browns.
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headgear
feather (material)
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Hat
Hat
Printed in silver lettering on lining: ""BALCH, PRICE & CO. / HATTERS & FURRIERS / 376 & 378 / FULTON ST. / BROOKLYN"".
Balch, Price & Co. (Milliner)
Brooklyn, NY, USA
7 1/2 x 10 x 11 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mr. A. S. Jewett
1939.519A
New York state (United States)
Title Mantle Accession Number 1939.518B
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