Flexo Band Cool Cap Miner’s Cap
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Flexo Band Cool Cap miner’s cap was distributed by the Portable Lamp & Equipment Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 20th century. The cap is made of reinforced leather with a dome comprised of upstanding ribs allowing for protection and ventilation. A leather and metal lamp bracket is attached to the front of the cap. The bracket could have held an oil-wick lamp or a 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: Mary R. Wheat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8181C
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8181C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: helmet, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 26.67 cm x 26.67 cm