Abraham Lincoln’s Top Hat: The Inside Story | Smithsonian
Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public...
Abraham Lincoln's Top Hat - Smithsonian Institution
The American public did not see the hat again until 1893, when the Smithsonian lent it to an exhibition hosted by the Lincoln Memorial Association. Today it is one of the Institution’s most treasured objects.
Abraham Lincoln's Top Hat - National Museum of American History
At six feet four inches tall, Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand out even more by wearing high top hats. He acquired this hat from J. Y. Davis, a Washington hat maker. Lincoln had the black silk mourning band added in remembrance of his son Willie. No one knows when he obtained the hat, or how often he wore it.
A closer look at President Lincoln's silk hat | National ...
2015年4月13日 · Among the museum's most treasured objects in the Lincoln collection, and certainly its most iconic, is his silk hat. At six feet four inches tall, Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand out even more by regularly wearing high top hats.
The Hat That Symbolizes a Life and Legacy | Smithsonian ...
At 6’4” tall, President Abraham Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand out even more by wearing high top hats. He acquired this one from Washington hat maker J.Y. Davis. Lincoln had the black silk mourning band added in remembrance of his son Willie, who had died in 1862.
What We Know About Abraham Lincoln's Famous Top Hat
2022年3月30日 · The hat, made by the Washington hatmaker J.Y. Davis, measured 7 in x 10 3/8 in x 12 in and was adorned with a black mourning band in memory of his 11-year-old son Willie, who had recently passed away from typhoid fever, according to Abraham Lincoln Online.
The Real Reason Abraham Lincoln Wore A Top Hat - Grunge
2021年7月5日 · Lincoln was known to wear top hats that had a height of 7 to 8 inches, making the already-tall man, who stood at 6 feet, 4 inches, even taller. Even on the night of his assassination at the Ford Theatre in 1865, Lincoln wore a top hat that he acquired from hatmaker J.Y. Davis.
The Secret Lives of Objects: Abraham Lincoln's Stovepipe Hat
2020年2月4日 · Lincoln was known to have more than one stovepipe hat, each typically seven or eight inches tall. With the hat’s height added to his own stature, historians believe his fashion choice “made Lincoln easy to spot in a crowd.”
Abraham Lincoln's top hat - Smithsonian Institution
One of the Smithsonian’s most treasured icons is this top hat, worn by Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theatre on the night of his assassination.
Abraham Lincoln's top hat - collections.carli.illinois.edu
Hat reportedly worn by Abraham Lincoln when he left Springfield, Illinois for Washington, D. C. to be inaugurated president. When Lincoln reached New York, he was presented with a new hat by an enterprising hatter to whom he gave this old hat in return.