FAMU Marching Band hat by Midway Cap Company
date: label: Date
content: 2010
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Midway Cap Company, American, founded 1941
label: Subject of
content: Florida A&M University, American, founded 1887
label: Owned by
content: William Patrick Foster, American, 1919 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: An off-white Florida A&M University Marching Band hat by Midway Cap Company. The round cap features a large F embroidered in gold thread, above more gold thread embroidery showing connected leaf patterns along the lower crown. A gold colored double link metal chain, connected by one vintage silver colored lyre button on each side, hangs snugly across the top of the white, plastic covered bill. The inside of the cap base is a white polyester material. Above the white lining is double stitched faux black leather, layered under padded faux brown leather with ventilating perforation throughout. Half-legible handwriting in white is visible on the proper right inside of the cap, along one side of the faux black leather. There are two white tags inside the cap, one indicating the size, the other reads: [MIDWAY CAP / Company / Chicago, IL / MAKERS OF CUSTOM / UNIFORM CAPS / DEC 2010].
place: label: Place used
content: Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Marching bands (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Anthony Foster in memory of William P. Foster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.94.8
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton (textile), polyester, plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 7/8 × 10 5/8 × 6 1/8 in. (15 × 27 × 15.5 cm)