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Black velour hat with tie

1950s-1960s

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A rounded black velour hat with a tie in the center back. The interior of the hat is lined with a red synthetic silk faille. A red petersham cotton rayon ribbon is machine stitched along the circumference of the hat at the interior. A label is sewn to the interior at the back of the hat and reads [Finley New York] in yellow thread. 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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Catalog reference: 2007.3.538

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