Abraham Lincoln's top hat
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1860
- Description
Black top hat with black grosgrain ribbon 1/4 inch wide with bow on left side, and lining of beige striped sateen. Printed in gold on lining: "George Hall, Springfield, Ill." Above which is an eagle with rays, arrows and leaves in claws, with Illinois State motto, "State Sovereignty, National Union", all within a wreath and beneath all, a design resembling bunched spears. Sweat band of black leather, 2 and 3/4 inches wide, laced at back with bei...
- Creator
Hall, George (creator)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Costume accessories
Headgear
Top hats
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents
Elections - Location
- Springfield (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Silk (textile)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Hall, George (creator). Abraham Lincoln's top hat. 1860. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2128. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Hall, George (creator), (1860) Abraham Lincoln's top hat. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2128
- MLA citation style
- Hall, George (creator). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2128>.