Red baseball cap by Da Link Went Wear
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2000
name: label: Created by
content: Da Link Went Wear, American, founded 1992
label: Manufactured by
content: Flexfit LLC, American, founded 1995
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red baseball cap designed by Da Link Went Wear. The hat is made of twill weave blended acrylic, wool, and spandex. There is a button secured at the top of the crown. The crown is pieced with six panels that are machine stitched together. Each panel has an eyelet at the center. There is an embroidered rectangle depicting half of a man's face in black and silver thread at the center front of the hat. The text [DALINKWENT] is embroidered in black thread on the proper left side of the crown. The underside of the visor is lined in light gray twill fabric that is likely cotton. Red bias binding is placed along the seams at the interior that is likely cotton. Synthetic buckram is attached to the front two panels of the crown at the interior. A black elastic band with gray repeating text reading [FLEXFIT] is machine stitched to the edge of the hat's interior. A manufacturer's label for Flexfit is sewn at the interior center back crown with fiber content and size information. A small patent label is sewn along the center back seam.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
place: label: Place made
content: Dominican Republic, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum 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 of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.48
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: baseball caps
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Acrylic, wool and elastic blend, with spandex, metal, buckram, and cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (14 × 18.4 × 28.6 × 56.5 cm)