CAP, MINER'S
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1935
- Materials
- CANVAS, LEATHER, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19890018001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1935
- Materials
- CANVAS, LEATHER, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 25.5
- Diameter
- 54
- Description
- CANVAS MINER'S HAT WITH LEATHER BRIM & LEATHER & METAL LAMP HOLDER. CANVAS IS BROWN & WORN, REPAIRS ARE EVIDENT. CLIP FOR LAMP IS PAINTED RED. "COAL KING CAR" AND OTHER INDISCERNABLE WORDS WRITTEN ON LAMP MOUNT.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-HEADWEAR
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- DONOR'S FATHER, "GABOR SZAKACS" ARRIVED IN CANADA FROM HUNGARY IN 1908, & TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1910 (19 YRS OLD). WORKED IN NO. 3, 6, & 8 MINES UNTIL JUNE 30, 1952. CHANGED HIS NAME TO "COOK", THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HUNGARIAN SURNAME WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING IN MINES. HIS FAMILY'S NAME WAS NOT CHANGED. DIED IN 1977. HAT, LAMP, TAGS, FOUND AMONGST HIS EFFECTS. PHOTOGRAPH FROM DONOR DATED 1930 SHOWS HIM IN HIS MINING CLOTHES & CAP. SEE AR X-REF.
- Catalogue Number
- P19890018001
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-05
- Collection
- Museum
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