Object Details
- associated person
- Clark, James B.
- Description
- Physical Description
- Blue navy dungaree pants and lighter blue shirt. White cotton cap.
- General History
- Navy enlisted personnel wore the popular and functional denim dungarees. In 1852 a white cover was added to the soft, visor-less blue cap. In 1866 a white sennit straw hat was authorized as an additional item. During the 1880s the white sailor's hat appeared as a low, rolled-brim item made of wedge shaped pieces of canvas. The canvas hat replaced the straw. Then the canvas was replaced by cotton as a cheaper, more comfortable material. During World War II this navy hat was dubbed the “Dixie Cup” because it resembled the paper cup of the same name.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Robert S. Clark
- associated date
- 1941 - 1945
- Associated Date
- ca 1939-1945
- ID Number
- 1977.0245.091
- catalog number
- 59878-N(4)
- accession number
- 1977.0245
- catalog number
- 1977.0245.091
- Object Name
- Trousers
- Object Type
- trousers
- Other Terms
- Trousers; Man; Navy; Enlisted Man; Work
- Measurements
- overall (padded): 38 in x 16 in x 1 in; 96.52 cm x 40.64 cm x 2.54 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_459006
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-9e79-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
