Bullard Miner’s Helmet
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Hard Boiled brand miner’s helmet was made by the E.D. Bullard Company of San Francisco, California after 1919. A leather and metal lamp bracket is mounted onto the front of the helmet that likely would have held a carbide lamp. Bullard was one of the first producers of protective hard hats, basing their original design off of the “doughboy” helmets worn by World War I soldiers. The helmet was made of canvas, glue, and black paint, and given the trademarked name “Hard Boiled” in because of the steam used in the manufacturing process to stiffen the leather.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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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: E. D. Bullard Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9734
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9734
label: accession number
content: 299389
objectType: label: Object Name
content: helmet, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 9 in x 11 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm x 29.21 cm