1890-1910
GUSN-54644
Black silk coachman's hat with black gros grain ribbon. Plastic (?) cocade attached. Brim flips up at sides. Lined with brown moire striped silk.
hats
headgear
hatboxes
silk (textile)
moiré
Hat
Hat
1) Printed label on lining: ""Extra quality/Collins & Fairbanks 381 Washington St/Opposite Franklin/Boston/Registered"" (with Trademark of a top hat on top of a globe.) 2) Handwritten on box: ""Coachman/Best Silk Hat with Cocade (also 1 other cocade)."" 3) Mailing label on box cover: ""From - COLLINS & FAIRBANKS CO./Hats and Furs/381 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON/M. E.H. Eldredge/44 Chestnut Street/Time____/____ Express____ Station."" Hat located in box is labeled: ""Collins & Fairbanks, Boston. Agents for/A.J. WHITE HAT & CAP MAKER,/74 JERMYN STREET, LONDON,/(six doors from St. James's Street.)/ENGLAND.""
A.J. White - Hat & Cap Maker (Maker)
Collins & Fairbanks Co. (Retailer)
London, England
5 (H) (inches)
Estate of Mrs. E. H. Eldredge
1947.356A-C
Massachusetts (United States)
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