Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hat: full brim
Title
Hat: full brim
Object name
Campaign hat
Date
1919-1920
Medium
Wool, leather
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 34.3 x 31.1 cm )
Description
Dark olive green wool felt campaign hat with "Montana peak" and wide, flat brim; crown with four ventilation holes with grommets; brown and black hat cord with acorn tips and slide; leather sweatband and chin strap.
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles MacKubin Lefferts
Object Number
1923.93
Marks
stamped in gold: on sweatband: "Crutcher & Starks / Louisville, U.S.A."
handwritten in ink: on sweatband: "C. M. Lefferts, RegY. Sgt. Maj. / 7th Inf. N.Y.G."
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this is an Army regulation campaign hat. It was worn by the donor, who served in the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, from November 1893 to November 1899, May 1901 to November 1902, and from November 1914 to the early 1920s.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
