Some more enjoyable information on Barnum this is a great channel ,he does have a black top hat in the Southport museum England ,in 1876 Barnum acted as an advisor to the Botanic Gardens museum and he and Nancy Fish Barnum decided to donate his top hat to the collection.
That's wonderful to know! We'll reach out to the Southport Museum to connect with their collection information. Always fascinating to learn how much Barnum material is in museum's all over the world! Thank you!
P. T. Barnum on hats: "Among the furs used for the nap of hats in those days (1827) were beaver, Russia, nutria, otter, coney, muskrat, etc. The best fur was otter, the poorest was coney." From "The life of P. T. Barnum," 1855. A "coney" is a rabbit. "Nutria" fur comes from the coypu, a semi-aquatic rodent. A "Russia" is perhaps a sable? It's interesting to note that Barnum's 1830s hat was made from what he considered the "poorest" fur from a common rabbit, yet he felt sentimental enough about his humble beginnings to preserve it.
Thank you for all this wonderful information! As a 19 year-old young man, the investment in this humble hat was likely an extravagance for the young couple! I suspect that it was Charity who embraced sentimental feelings and saved the wedding attire...ahhh...we haven't changed in some ways :)
Thanks for paying such close attention to the artifacts--they did come together from descendants of Barnum--you could be right, because over the years, things among family possessions do get "mixed" (yes, really!!) and perhaps it was purchased for a different hat or he acquired the case separately from the taupe hat. But since it does seem to be from the same time period and the two came together, we consider them "a set." Good observation!
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so enjoyable. thank you
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What a great piece of Connecticut history!
I like the fact that this is both P.T. Barnum and CT hat history rolled into one artifact!
Some more enjoyable information on Barnum this is a great channel ,he does have a black top hat in the Southport museum England ,in 1876 Barnum acted as an advisor to the Botanic Gardens museum and he and Nancy Fish Barnum decided to donate his top hat to the collection.
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That's wonderful to know! We'll reach out to the Southport Museum to connect with their collection information. Always fascinating to learn how much Barnum material is in museum's all over the world! Thank you!
This is so cool
Happy you liked it--we certainly love that hat!
P. T. Barnum on hats: "Among the furs used for the nap of hats in those days (1827) were beaver, Russia, nutria, otter, coney, muskrat, etc. The best fur was otter, the poorest was coney." From "The life of P. T. Barnum," 1855. A "coney" is a rabbit. "Nutria" fur comes from the coypu, a semi-aquatic rodent. A "Russia" is perhaps a sable? It's interesting to note that Barnum's 1830s hat was made from what he considered the "poorest" fur from a common rabbit, yet he felt sentimental enough about his humble beginnings to preserve it.
Thank you for all this wonderful information! As a 19 year-old young man, the investment in this humble hat was likely an extravagance for the young couple! I suspect that it was Charity who embraced sentimental feelings and saved the wedding attire...ahhh...we haven't changed in some ways :)
Didn’t the movie have him in a hat that color? That’s so cool!
Are you certain the hat and case are from the same era? The case looks to be designed for a hat with a shaped brim, not a flat one.
Thanks for paying such close attention to the artifacts--they did come together from descendants of Barnum--you could be right, because over the years, things among family possessions do get "mixed" (yes, really!!) and perhaps it was purchased for a different hat or he acquired the case separately from the taupe hat. But since it does seem to be from the same time period and the two came together, we consider them "a set." Good observation!
Pretty cool that it’s not a black hat!
Yes, I think so too! Love the fact that he chose a "fashion color" of the time!
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