PLACE REPRESENTED: New Orleans, Louisiana , USA
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: New Orleans and jazz – naturally enough.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Sun Products
DIMENSIONS: adult Adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Vietnam
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A green military style cap from Vietnam
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: head size
PLACE REPRESENTED: Scotland
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Self explanatory, though, because I’m adverse to brevity I’ll mention the flag, or rather, quote someone else: “The Flag of Scotland is a white X-shaped cross, which represents the cross of the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew on a blue sky. The flag is called the Saltire or the Saint Andrew’s Cross”. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Scotland
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Amsterdam , Holland
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap depicting the shield of Amsterdam … no drugs, no prostitues, no freewheelin times. Of course you could wear the cap, pulled down, over you face when indulging in any of those activities.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: 100% cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Head size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Tasmanian coat of arms … or at least a variation of it. The shield has been replaced with a map of a lion and the old State emblem, and the normal red lion has been replaced with a white one (which is all usually found on the Tasmanian police badge).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: polyester or cotton.
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Peru
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A very stylish and ornate cap from Peru. Quite a bit of detail has gone into the brim and badge. It is wonderfully folk art-ish with some of the usual traditional Peruvian motifs displayed … a lama, Incas. The “chismosas” referred to are “gossips”. Very nice.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: leather or vinyl (I can’t tell which)
MADE IN: Peru probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cambodia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap with the Cambodian flag superimposed within the outline of Cambodia with, errr “Cambodia” written in English and in, I assume, Khmer.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton or polyester
MADE IN: Cambodia probably (in a sweat shop?)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Juneau, Alaska, USA specifically The Red Dog Saloon.
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Juneau is the capital of Alaska, and the Red Dog Saloon is the oldest man-made tourist attraction in Juneau, founded during Juneau’s mining era (around the 1880s I suppose). Actually the saloon has been in a few places in town but they had the historical (?) sense to move the whole saloon in the process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog_Saloon
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Red Dog Saloon
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Niagara Falls, Canada
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Niagra Falls, Canada in orange and not, for a change, in the red and white national colours of Canada.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult Adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hungary
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: “H” is for Hungary surrounded by Hungarian colours. The coat of arms on the side is to be expected. I’m not sure what the silver knight on the back is all about though.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China (Tavol Kelet – The Far East)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 57cm adjustable size.
