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Admiral John E. Gingrich's hat
Creator: Unt Rankin Leather Company
Date: between 1945 and 1947
This U.S. Navy full dress bicorne hat belonged to Admiral John Edward Gingrich (1897-1960). Gingrich was born in Dodge City, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919. As Captain of the cruiser Pittsburgh in 1945, he received a silver star for assisting the crippled aircraft carrier Franklin. He also received a Legion of Merit and gold star for safely sailing his cruiser following severe typhoon damage in June 1945. Gingrich promoted to Rear Admiral late in 1945. In 1947, he became the first director of the Division of Security and Intelligence at the Atomic Energy Commission. Gingrich commanded the Blockade and Escort Force in 1952, for which he received the Distinguished Service Medal. He retired in 1954 with the rank of four-star Admiral. He died in New York City in 1960.
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Cowboy hat
Creator: John B. Stetson Hat Company
Date: between 1935 and 1950
Beige wool felt Stetson cowboy hat. Belonged to Roy Faulkner (1911-1981), the "Lonesome Cowboy." He sang and played guitar, violin, musical saw, and harmonica on radio stations throughout the Midwest, including WIBW in Topeka. Faulkner also worked at KFKB in Milford, Kansas, a station owned by John R. Brinkley, the infamous "Goat Gland Doctor." In addition to radio performances, Faulkner also toured the U.S. with the Purple Sage Riders (not Gene Autry's Riders of the Purple Sage). He retired from show business in 1950, at which time he retired to Topeka. Purchaed in Denver at the Stockman-Farmer Supply Company, a business where Faulkner occasionally performed.
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Cowboy hat
Date: 2005
A cowboy hat worn by Kansas native Danni Boatwright while competing on "Survivor: Guatemala." This Kansas City Chiefs hat is made of straw and is spray-painted pink. In 2005, Boatwright won the reality television show competition and was awarded one million dollars. Originally from Tonganoxie, Kansas, Boatwright attended the University of Kansas, and later worked as a fashion model and sports broadcaster. In 1996 she won the Miss Kansas beauty pageant.
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Dr. Brinkley's yachting cap
Creator: S. Appel & Company
Date: between 1920 and 1929
Black yachting cap used by the infamous Dr. John Brinkley. Brinkley operated a fraudulent medical practice near Milford, Kansas that specialized in implanting goat glands in male patients to increase virility. Brinkley became wealthy and highly successful after establishing the state's first radio station. Kansas Governors named him to the head of the Kansas Navy and he frequently wore this hat on his yacht.
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Feather hat
Creator: Evelyn Varon Exclusive
Date: between 1950 and 1960
This hat was purchased in the 1950's by Evelyn Henry at either Pelletiers or Crosby Brothers stores in Topeka, Kansas. This onion shaped hat was made by Evelyn Varon Exclusive and is covered with multi-colored feathers with a plume at the top. These types of hats were popular in the 1950's.
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Fireman's cap
Date: between 1890 and 1899
Navy blue felt fireman's cap with oval crown sides and flat top. Belonged to Edward Lincoln Skelton (1854-1915) of the Parsons, Kansas Fire Department. Skelton had become First Assistant Chief by at least 1898. Prior to his appointment as Assistant Chief he served as Foreman of Hook and Ladder Company Number 1.
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Harry Truman's Panama hat
Creator: Brodt's
Date: 1950
Panama hat worn by U.S. President Harry Truman. Photos of Harry Truman wearing a Panama hat appeared in the press during the summer of 1950. These images were seen by lumberman Frank Hodges of Olathe, Kansas, a lifelong fellow Democrat whose brother had once been governor of Kansas. Considering himself an expert on Panama hats, Hodges felt the example worn by Truman was not of the quality befitting a sitting president, and sent him a new one. This is the Panama hat sent to Hodges by Truman in exchange for the new model. The president's initials, "HST," are stamped in gold on the sweatband inside the crown, and Truman also signed his name on the exterior hatband. The hatband is stamped with the vendor's mark, Brodt's of Washington, D.C.
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Nurse's hat
Date: between 1892 and 1894
Sheer white nurse's hat. Gathered and pleated around edge. Part of the student uniform of Edetha Dodds Womer (1869-1949), the first graduate of Christ Hospital of Topeka's nursing program in 1894.
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Stetson hat
Creator: John Stetson Company
Date: between 1880 and 1900
Wide-brimmed black felt western-style Stetson hat with satin ribbon around base of crown. Made by the John B. Stetson Company of Philadelphia. This hat belonged to Hawley Varnum Needham (1842-1932) of Tonganoxie, Kansas.
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William Allen White's panama hat
Date: between 1920 and 1929
Panama hat worn by William Allen White of Emporia, Kansas. White was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, newspaper editor, and politician. He was known to often wear Panama hats, popular headwear imported from South America in the early 20th century. White may have worn this hat while serving as a delegate to the 1920 National Republican Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
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Woman's hat
Date: between 1940 and 1960
Woman's pink straw hat. Belonged to Dorothy L. Rude of Topeka, who bought it from the Crosby Brothers Company department store. Crosby Brothers opened in Topeka in 1880 and operated until 1975.
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Woman's hat
Creator: Sarah Pettigrew MacWilliams Hawes
Date: between 1890 and 1903
This silk and straw hat was made by Sarah Pettigrew McWilliams (1872-1958), who in her late teens operated her own dressmaking and millinery (hat-making) business in Washington, Kansas. At that time, producing custom-made clothing and hats for a local clientele was one of the few socially-acceptable ways for a woman to make a living. Sarah's business proved successful, but in 1903 she gave up the shop to wed Charles W. Hawes, a merchant in nearby Morrowville.
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Woman's hat
Creator: Sarah Pettigrew MacWilliams Hawes
Date: between 1890 and 1903
This silk and straw hat was made by Sarah Pettigrew McWilliams (1872-1958), who in her late teens operated her own dressmaking and millinery (hat-making) business in Washington, Kansas. At that time, producing custom-made clothing and hats for a local clientele was one of the few socially-acceptable ways for a woman to make a living. Sarah's business proved successful, but in 1903 she gave up the shop to wed Charles W. Hawes, a merchant in nearby Morrowville.
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Woman's hat
Creator: Mr. John
Date: between 1955 and 1965
Conical gray wool hat with a quilted brim. Point of crown is folded over, stitched to side, and trimmed with gray grosgrain bow. Found in the Emporia, Kansas, home of William Allen White and Sallie Lindsay White. William Allen White was a famous progressive era newspaper editor. This hat was probably worn by White's daughter-in-law, Kathrine Klinkenberg White, who married William Lindsay White in 1931. The couple lived in Emporia while editing the Gazette newspaper after William Allen White's death in 1944.
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Woman's hat
Creator: Lilly Dache
Date: between 1940 and 1949
Dark blue felt hat with a wide brim and low crown. Elastic string connected to either side of hat, tucks under chin of wearer. The hat was found among the contents of the Wiliam Allen White house in Emporia, Kansas. It most likely belonged to his daughter-in-law, Kathrine (Klinkenberg) White.
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