Item 135808 - Top hat, Portland, ca. 1870

Item 135808 - Top hat, Portland, ca. 1870
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Item 135808
Top hat, Portland, ca. 1870
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Made by D.W. Schwarz in Portland, this hat belonged to Samuel D. Plummer, also of Portland.

Top hats are often associated with beaver fur, but this one, made long after the beaver fur trade had crashed, was created from silk.

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