Navy Dungarees and "Dixie Cup" Hat
date: label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
label: Associated Date
content: ca 1939-1945
name: label: associated person
content: Clark, James B.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Blue navy dungaree pants and lighter blue shirt. White cotton cap.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Navy enlisted personnel wore the popular and functional denim dungarees. In 1852 a white cover was added to the soft, visor-less blue cap. In 1866 a white sennit straw hat was authorized as an additional item. During the 1880s the white sailor's hat appeared as a low, rolled-brim item made of wedge shaped pieces of canvas. The canvas hat replaced the straw. Then the canvas was replaced by cotton as a cheaper, more comfortable material. During World War II this navy hat was dubbed the “Dixie Cup” because it resembled the paper cup of the same name.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert S. Clark
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0245.091
label: catalog number
content: 59878-N(4)
label: accession number
content: 1977.0245
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0245.091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Navy; Enlisted Man; Work
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 38 in x 16 in x 1 in; 96.52 cm x 40.64 cm x 2.54 cm