Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This miner’s cap was made during the early 20th century by the T.R. Jones Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The cap is a Coal King brand of hat that the T.R. Jones Company produced. The hat is made of reinforced leather, with a thick leather brim, and a thick leather and metal lamp bracket on the front of the hat. The bracket could hold either an oil-wick lamp or a carbide lamp. Originally, mining caps were worn to serve simply as a lamp holder. As miner safety became more of a concern hats began to take on the additional role of providing protection, as evidenced by the inner suspension and reinforced leather of this hat.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Measurements
- overall: 27.8 cm x 17.5 cm x 14 cm; 10 15/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in
- Object Name
- Hat, Mining
