Miner’s Cap
date: label: associated date
content: 1928
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This canvas miner’s cap has a leather lamp bracket secured to its front with six metal nails. Two union buttons attached to right side. A Lehigh Navigation Coal Company label is attached to the front of the cap. The larger button with the American Flag and numbers "11" and "1928" in center reads: "UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA / WORKERS UNION". The smaller button of red, white, and blue reads: "THRIFT ARMY / LIEUTENANT / CARBON CO. / SCHOOLS." The label has writing from the donor that reads “My first mine cap. / before safety helmet / with Working uniform button / to be worn to so[sic] that / member paid dues / that month.” The hat was owned by John Miller who lived on 160 West Church Avenue in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Miners
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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: John Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9457
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9457
label: accession number
content: 277980
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 16.51 cm