Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This canvas miner’s cap has a leather lamp bracket secured to its front with six metal nails. Two union buttons attached to right side. A Lehigh Navigation Coal Company label is attached to the front of the cap. The larger button with the American Flag and numbers "11" and "1928" in center reads: "UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA / WORKERS UNION". The smaller button of red, white, and blue reads: "THRIFT ARMY / LIEUTENANT / CARBON CO. / SCHOOLS." The label has writing from the donor that reads “My first mine cap. / before safety helmet / with Working uniform button / to be worn to so[sic] that / member paid dues / that month.” The hat was owned by John Miller who lived on 160 West Church Avenue in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- John Miller
- associated date
- 1928
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9457
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9457
- accession number
- 277980
- Object Name
- cap, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 16.51 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Mining Helmets
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Miners
- Record ID
- nmah_871831
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ef29-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
