Coal King Miner’s Cap
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This miner’s cap was made during the early 20th century by the T.R. Jones Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The cap is a Coal King brand of hat that the T.R. Jones Company produced. The hat is made of reinforced leather, with a thick leather brim, and a thick leather and metal lamp bracket on the front of the hat. The lamp bracket received patent number 1,490,831 on April 15, 1924. The bracket could hold either an oil-wick lamp or a carbide lamp. Originally, mining caps were worn to serve simply as a lamp holder. As miner safety became more of a concern hats began to take on the additional role of providing protection, as evidenced by the inner suspension and reinforced leather of this hat.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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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: The Salem Tool Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-7914A
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-7914A
label: accession number
content: 233577
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat, miner's
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/8 in x 11 in x 9 1/2 in; 18.796 cm x 27.94 cm x 24.13 cm