Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Garrison cap
Object Number:
1945.513c
Date:
1940-1945
Medium:
Wool, satin, leather, metal
Dimensions:
folded: 5 x 11 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 12.7 x 29.2 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
maker's mark: on lining: "MENS STORE / John Wanamaker"
cloth label: stitched to sweatband: "ALL WOOL"
Description:
Flat-folding dark blue wool Navy garrison cap with yellow satin lining and brown leather sweatband; sterling silver pin with two bars connected at top and bottom by narrow rods on one side; metal insignia with shield superimposed on crossed anchors with eagle with outstretched wings above attached to other side.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
