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Captain Jack Hart's Hat
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| Accession #: | 2095.2 |
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| Title: | Captain Jack Hart's Hat |
| Object Type: | Hat, Campaign |
| Participants: |
E. A. "Jack" Hart (user)
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| Physical Description: | Tan felted hat tooled leather hatband with buckle at one side. Hatband tooling resembles a woven cross-hatch and matches Captain Hart's belt and cuffs. Edge of hat brim is curled upward. Hat interior is lined with a dark leather strip. Hat is very well worn with 2 holes at the crown and one hole in the brim. |
| Description: | Around 1910, Edwin Hart, known as "Captain Jack" (1849-1920), had his portrait painted in oil on canvas wearing this felted hat with its tooled leather hatband. Hart was a trail guide, Pony Express Rider, scout with Buffalo Bill, and cowboy, who later relayed his "spirited accounts" in newspapers and magazines. His well-worn hat still carries three bullet holes; it "often doubled as a receptacle to water and to feed Hart's horse." The painting, hat and many other Hart artifacts came to the Inland Northwest in the late 1920s when his friends, the donors, moved to Spokane. |
| Category: | History |
| Related Objects: |
3779.1 (E. A. "Jack" Hart, Painting, Portrait of Captain Jack Hart, ca. 1915)
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| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Personal Gear (Personal Artifact), Headwear (Personal Artifact->Clothing), Men (Men)
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| Dimensions: |
width 13 1/2" (brim, side to side)
length 15" (brim)
diameter of opening 21 1/4" (interior)
height 5"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
felt (textile) (Material)
leather (Material)
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| Credit Line: | Bequest of Josephine Chapman, 1971 |
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