Gold and white Vera Whistler hat with hatbox belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1980
name: label: Designed by
content: Vera Whistler, American
label: Manufactured by
content: Julius Lewis, American, founded 1900
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Vera Whistler gold and white fabric hat (.1) and hatbox (.2ab). The hat (.1) has a gold-colored crown. The gold fabric around the forehead is sewn in tight horizontal gathers. The rest of the crown material is smooth. A brim composed of white fabric flares out and up from the crown. It reaches a high peak in the front of the hat and gradually slopes down on both sides to meet at a lower point at the back of the hat. The interior is lined in dark red shiny fabric. There is a fabric tag sewn to the interior of the grosgrain sweatband. The tag is white with red text that reads “VERA WHISTLER / ORIGINALS.” There is a small white paper sales tag attached to the interior by a string. The hatbox (.2a) is an off-white-colored circular box with a gold cord to fasten down the lid threaded into the body of the box to create a second loop as a carrying handle. The lid (.2b) is plain off-white background with gold text in the center that reads “VERA / WHISTLER / ORIGINALS / JULIUS LEWIS.”
place: label: Place purchased
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.13.1.30.1-.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: hatboxes
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: cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 7/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (15 × 19 × 19 cm)