Miner’s Cap
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This canvas miner’s cap was made by the T.R. Jones Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania during the early 20th century. The cap has a leather brim with a jagged design on the sides. A metal and cardboard lamp bracket sits on the front of the cap, and likely would have held either an oil-wick or carbide lamp.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Mining Helmets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: George J. Titler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9793
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9793
label: accession number
content: 304880
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 9 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 24.13 cm x 29.21 cm