Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This miner’s cap was made during the early 20th century by the T.R. Jones Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The cap is a Coal King brand of hat that the T.R. Jones Company produced. The hat is made of reinforced leather, with a thick leather brim, and a thick leather and metal lamp bracket on the front of the hat. The lamp bracket received patent number 1,490,831 on April 15, 1924. The bracket could hold either an oil-wick lamp or a carbide lamp. Originally, mining caps were worn to serve simply as a lamp holder. As miner safety became more of a concern hats began to take on the additional role of providing protection, as evidenced by the inner suspension and reinforced leather of this hat.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Salem Tool Company
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7914A
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7914A
- accession number
- 233577
- Object Name
- hat, miner's
- Measurements
- overall: 7 3/8 in x 11 in x 9 1/2 in; 18.796 cm x 27.94 cm x 24.13 cm
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Mining Helmets
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_871912
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-c9ad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
