Romeo costume hat worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Cosmopolitan Hat Company, American
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1956 - 1958
notes: label: Description
content: A purple boater hat from a costume worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club for a Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet themed routine. The hat is constructed primarily from purple dyed straw. It has a flat top and a wide brim. The hat features a wide, gold, metallic hat band tied in a large flat bow around the proper left side of the crown. A bright yellow fragment of a feather is tucked into the bow. The crown is lined with light brown silk. A black circular stamp at the center of the crown features a shield device at the center with a profile of a squirrel and a lamp above. The shield is framed by pairs of laurel leaf branches on either side of the shield’s base. Black text printed above the shield reads [INCOMPARABLE EXCELLENCE]. Printed below the shield device is black text that reads [Cosmopolitan / NEW YORK]. The interior also features a leather hatband with another manufacturer’s stamp on the proper left side. The hat brim is edged in magenta.
place: label: Place used
content: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, 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: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
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: A2015.273.1.2.4
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
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: straw with textile materials , ribbon , feather and leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/8 × 14 13/16 × 16 7/16 in. (10.4 × 37.6 × 41.7 cm)