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Record 179/495
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Catalog date 02/14/2009
Collection Memorabilia and Awards
Collector Craig Hindman
Artist Unknown
Date 1987
Description Moose Hat

This is the convention hat/helmet was from the chair of the 1987 NSS Convention in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan to the chair of the following year's NSS Convention. It is unknown what year this tradition began. Hats/ helmets are decorated in a manor that reflects the state or region it is being held in. Often these helmets are gaudy and humerous
Found Unknown
Category 3: Personal Artifacts
Made United States
Material Fabric
Object ID 2008.0166.001
Object Name Hat
Other Name NSS Convention Chair Hat
Owned John Scheltens
Sub-category Clothing -- Headwear
People John Scheltens
Recfrom Unknown
Subjects convention chair
NSS Convetion
helmet
hat
chairman
Sault Saing Marie, Michigan
MI
1987
Used John Scheltens
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