Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2014.01.001
Accession#:
2014.01
Credit Line:
Transferred from the Alaska State Museum.
Object Name:
Hat, Hard
Title:
Hard Hat
Year Range from:
1890
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Mining hard hat. Hard hat is smooth, redish—brown in color and has a fabric weave pattern. The front has a plastic and metal brace to which a light could be attached. Above the brim there is a thin rope sewn into the hat. The thin rope attaches the cloth head brace inside the hat. Stamped on to the brim in white is text reading: "M.S.A SKULLGARD \ + TYPE K + \ MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO. \ PITTSBURGH PA. MADE IN U.S.A.". Both of the + are surrounded by circles. There is a white paper tag attached to the top of the inside of the hat. The tag has black text reading: "M—S—A SKULLGARD P—1239 \ PROTECTIVE HAT — TYPE K \ SIZE \ 7 3/8 \ PATENT No's 1,835,883 \ 1,935,204 \ Mine Safety Appliances Co. \ Braddock, Thomas and Meade Sts. Pittsburg, PA.\ MADE IN U.S.A. \ NOTE. —— To adjust for proper fit, gather top of hammock with loosely tied lace, place hat on head, then tie lace securely."
Notes:
The collection is assumed to have been collection from the old AJ Generator Shed in the Last Chance Basin. The collection was on long term loan to the Alaska State Museum from the 1960—1970s until December 2013 when the Alaska State Museum dismantled their mining.
Search Terms:
Mining
Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
AJ
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