Object Details
Description (Brief)
The miner’s cap is made of canvas with a metal and cardboard lamp bracket attached to the front. The lamp bracket likely would have held an oil-wick cap lamp. The small paper label attached to the bracket reads MINING AND / METALLURGY DEPT. / LAFAYETTE COLLEGE / EASTON, PA." The National Museum of American History received many objects in its mining and metallurgy collection from Lafayette College.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
ID Number
AG.MHI-MN-8783
catalog number
MHI-MN-8783
accession number
265669
Object Name
cap, mining
Measurements
overall: 4 in x 6 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm
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Work and Industry: Mining
Work
Industry & Manufacturing
Natural Resources
Mining Helmets
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_872442