UMWA Commemorative Mesh Ball Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

UMWA Commemorative Mesh Ball Cap

Entry/Object ID

MW.0019

Description

Mesh ball cap with foam crown and United Mine Workers emblem.

Context

Cap was made as a commemorative souvenir of the 1990 UMWA Centennial.

Collection

UMWA Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Shaun Slifer

Notes

donated to Shaun by Mamone of Queer Appalachia, late 2019

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Size

adjustable

Textile Details

Material

Plastic

Color

Black

Notes

print in yellow with yellow embroidered "scrambled eggs" (fretting) on brim

Made/Created

Date made

1990

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Printing

Location

crown

Transcription

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA (logo/seal) District 23 100 years AFL-CIO

Notes

screenprinted

Location

Location

Room

Front Lobby

* Untyped Location

Exhibition, unsecure

Category

Exhibit

Exhibition

Lobby