High crown fabric hat with multicolored palm tree print
National Museum of African American History and Culture

High crown fabric hat with multicolored palm tree print

Unidentified · ca. 1970

cotton, synthetic silk, adhesive, synthetic dye, and buckram.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A fabric hat with a brim and tall crown made of printed cotton. Palm trees and buildings in red, yellow, and green are printed across the fabric with a blue background. Buckram is used on the inside of the hat’s brim as a stiffener. The inside of the hat is lined in black with cotton fabric at the interior top of the crown and synthetic silk at the interior sides. The printed fabric on the exterior continues to the underside of the brim. The hat is entirely machine stitched.

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