Sam Walton's Hat

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Description

Sam Walton founded his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas and his first Sam’s Club wholesale store in 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Walton was known for preferring baseball caps to staid business clothes, exemplified in this trucker-style hat he wore. The hat has a white mesh back with a blue front and bill that reads “WAL-MART/Our People Make The Difference/SAM’s Wholesale Club.”

Credit Line

Gift of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

ID Number

2014.0111.01

accession number

2014.0111

catalog number

2014.0111.01

Object Name

hat

Physical Description

white (overall color)

red (overall color)

plastic (overall material)

fabric (overall material)

blue (overall color)

Measurements

overall: 5 1/4 in x 8 in x 11 in; 13.335 cm x 20.32 cm x 27.94 cm

Related Publication

Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

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Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing

Clothing & Accessories

Work

American Enterprise

Industry & Manufacturing

Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source