Hat box owned by Cab Calloway's family
date: label: Date
content: after 1998
name: label: Manufactured by
content: J. Peterman Company, American, founded 1987
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A hat box owned by Cab Calloway's family. The hat box is constructed from brown cardboard. It has a round drum shape body (A2015.273.1.8.2a) and features a removable lid (A2015.273.1.8.2b). The box is decorated with clusters of white and black stamps and colorful adhesive labels on the top of the lid and on the sides of the box. The stamps include stylized images of people and reproductions of immigration stamps from places such as Heathrow airport, Osaka, Milan, Gatwick, and Taiwan from the 1950s and 1960s. Some of the stamps also feature reproductions of handwritten signatures. One white, circular stamp is a manufacturer stamp that reads [LEXINGTON / THE / PETERMAN/ CO. / KENTUCKY]. The lid also features five adhesive labels: two rectangular, two circular, and one octagonal in shape. One of the rectangular adhesive labels is orange and is a manufacturer’s label. It’s features white and black text at the center that reads [19 / The J. Peterman / COMPANY / 98] surrounded by a black line sunburst illustration. The white rectangular label features a black-and-white illustration of two Renaissance era men, one seated on the throne. Printed white text inside a red banner above reads [ORIGINAL]. The small red circular adhesive label has printed black text inside that reads [THE J. PETERMAN COMPANY / 10 / 1987]. The light blue, circular, adhesive label features a black illustration of a gun with white printed text above and below that reads [SHOPLIFTERS] and [BEWARE!]. The octagonal adhesive label is primarily black-and-white and features two, foliate patterns above and below red and black text that reads [The J. Peterman company] at the top and [No. 003124] below. At the center is a reproduction of J. Peterman’s autograph. There are three adhesive labels on the exterior of the box. One is a small, red, circular label that is identical to the red label on the lid. Another is a yellow, elongated, rectangular label with an illustration of a body of water with sail boats below red text that reads [No. 30756 imported by The J. Peterman Company USA]. The third label is light blue in color and is also an elongated rectangular shape. Black text printed at the center reads [TAKE ONE FOR YOURSELF (AND A CLOSE FRIEND).]. The top edge of the lid and the bottom edge of the box is reinforced with a light brown fabric tape. The box and lid are held together with adhesive and metal staples. Threaded through the left and right sides of the box is a light brown, carrying string. The interior is plain.
place: label: Place made
content: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.8.2ab
objectType: 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: pressure-sensitive tape on cardboard with metal and cord (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 7 1/8 × 13 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (18.1 × 35.1 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Box): 2 1/16 × 14 5/16 × 14 3/16 in. (5.2 × 36.4 × 36 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Lid): 7 1/16 × 14 3/16 × 14 3/16 in. (18 × 36 × 36 cm)