Straw hat from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The hat is comprised of woven fiber bands that have been stitched together in a spiral pattern from the top of the crown to the edge of the brim. The hat is Stetson style with a wide brim that curves upwards on the sides and the back and a front dip. A woven fiber band shaped into a bow is stitched to the front of the crown. A row of small, eighteen (18) seashells have been stitched along the sides and back of the crown. The interior of the hat is plain with a rectangle of paper stitched to the top of the crown.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.38
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: straw with shell , paper (fiber product) and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/8 × 11 5/16 × 12 15/16 in. (10.5 × 28.8 × 32.8 cm)