Purple fur hat with front brim and chinstrap

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Purple fur felt hat with brim in the front and a long strap under the chin. The interior of the hat is unlined with a purple Petersham ribbon stitched along the interior crown. A gold fabric tag reading [Woodward & Lothrop] is stitched to the center back interior. Branded into the interior of the hat is a label reading [Made in Northern Ireland / Aura / for betmar / IJ.Fisher. Illegible LTD.]. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

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