Hat; from fancy dress costume, made out of bus tickets, 1920-1930
Main details
| Reference number | 1986/64/2 |
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| Description | Hat /headress made from bus tickets sewn on to a headband. The centre of the handband features a disc made of raffia with silver embroidery. This headress is part of a fancy dress costume which was made in the late 1920s by Miss Mildred Woolf.The fancy dress costume includes a dress, a headress and a fan. |
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| Dates | 1920 - 1930 |
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| Completeness | 73% |
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Physical description
Colour Attribute Value Colour - Pink
- Orange
- Beige
- Red
- Blue
- Silver
Item content Attribute Value Inscription Let me take you / for a busrideDesign Attribute Value Material Paper -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Manufacturer Unknown, 1920 - 1930
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