Hats

Abstract Fedora felt hat with wide grosgain band. The term fedora was named after an 1882 play starring Sarah Bernhardt. In 1928, John Cavanagh created the company of Cavanagh-Dobbs, which included his own label of Cavanagh Hats. In 1932, John Cavanagh founded the Hat Corporation of America, merging his brands with those of Knox and Dunlap. The store where the hat was sold, Neusteters, is embossed on the inside of the hat. The hat is taller than the hats made in the 1960s. Lined in satin, appears the...

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Photographic image of Chancellor Dwight Smith in a chef's hat, wearing an apron, and holding up tongs at the Chancellor's BBQ, University of Denver campus, May of 1988.

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Record box 1 contains a check writing machine and record box 2 contains a construction hat and a pith helmet.

Abstract Brown felt man's derby hat with a grosgain band made by Knox Hats in New York City. The Knox Hat Company was founded in 1838 by Charles Knox. His son Edward Knox, a civil war veteran, expanded the company until the Great Depression. In 1932, John Cavanagh founded the Hat Corporation of America, merging his brands with those of Knox and Dunlap. The three largest hatters in New York merged into the Hat Corporation, although Knox and Cavanagh continued to use their own labels. The short brim is...

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Black and white photographic image of three unidentified faculty members participating in the craft guild while two hold their purses and one woman is sitting behind a sign saying "craft guild", at the University of Denver, undated.

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The image depicts five unidentified students and one unidentified teacher having a conversation at freshman orientation, at the University of Denver, in 9/1952. All of the students are wearing identical hats and the middle student is wearing a "Howdy Pioneer" tag on her hip. Other students can be seen sitting at desks in the background.

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The image depicts multiple unidentified freshman students at the University of Denver orientation, all wearing identical hats and circled around two unidentified authorities, in 1952.

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The image depicts two unidentified students wearing DU hats and reading "You at DU" pamphlets at an unidentified diner, at the University of Denver, in 1956.

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The image depicts two unidentified individuals, one wearing a DU hat and the holding another DU hat for a student who is twisting up her hair and looking into a mirror in preparation for putting the hat on, for freshman registration at the University of Denver, in 1962.

Abstract This is a small circular, wire-brimmed fuchsia day hat with ribbon trimming the brim and forming an attached bow. White, light blue, medium blue and pink dyed feathers are glued to the front brim. The veil is a large open square weave of pink tulle with flocking dyed pink and is geometrically arranged on the tulle. The inside center back of the hat has black monofilament tulle with four bobby pins used to secure the hat to the wearer's head. Interior label reads: ''Seven-Eleven Fifth Avenue;...