Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Hat

Entry/Object ID

CW 715

Description

Hat. Man's plaited straw hat; dark straw color; narrow brim; wide black grosgrain band.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Artist

Jacob Reed's Sons

Date made

circa 1902

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Label/Inscription/Signature

Notes

Jacob Reed's Sons, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Depth

11-3/4 in

Provenance

Notes

Jacob Reed's Sons was founded in 1824 by Jacob Reed and continued as Jacob Reed's Sons after his retirement. The business moved several times, eventually to 1412 Chestnut Street where it operated as a retail establishment from 1903 until the business closed in 1983. (Source: Jacob Reed’s Sons: Haberdasher to Preppy Philadelphia (1924): https://philadelphiastudies.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/jacob-reeds-sons-haberdasher-to-preppy-philadelphia/)