Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Service cap
Object Number:
1967.79
Date:
1920-1941
Medium:
Wool, leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 12 x 11 in. ( 14.6 x 30.5 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
maker's label: inside top of crown: ". . . / Brooks Brothers / NW YORK / BOSTON"
stamped in gold: on sweatband: "L. T. M."
business card: in plastic sleeve stitched inside top of crown: "LINCOLN T. MILLER / FIRST LIEUTENANT / 207TH C. A. (A. A.)"
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Description:
Olive drab wool service cap with brown leather visor and chin strap; gilded metal insignia plate consisting of shield-breasted eagle below banner and starburst; buttons securing chin strap decorated with similar motif.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this cap was worn by First Lieutenant Lincoln T. Miller of the 207th Coast Artillery. Miller's overcoat, which he wore as a major, is also in the N-YHS Collection.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
