Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Cap |
Alternate Name |
Baseball Cap |
Date |
1999 |
Description |
Souvenir cap of the Staten Island Yankees minor league baseball team, from their 1999 debut season. Navy blue wool or wool blend with self-fabric button at top; bill is stiffened with plastic; plastic band in back allows for adjusting the size. Embroidered logo on front of cap: "Yankees / Staten Island" in front of a baseball bat and a red, white, and blue Uncle Sam hat. The back of the cap has the embroidered red white and blue logo of Minor League Baseball, with a baseball batter and four stars. Two fabric labels inside cap: "SINCE 1920 / NEW ERA / MADE IN USA / ONE SIZE FITS ALL" and "PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL / THE MINOR LEAGUES / TM." The New Era Cap Company, established in Buffalo, N.Y, in 1920, produced their first professional baseball caps for the Cleveland Indians in 1934. (Keywords: Fashion, Accessory, Twentieth Century, Hat, New York) |
Acquisition |
Gift of the Staten Island Yankees |
Ownership and History |
The Staten Island Yankees, a minor league baseball team, played their inaugural season in 1999 with the College of Staten Island campus as their home. After two seasons at CSI, they moved to a brand new facility in St. George, known as the Richmond County Bank Ballpark. |
Earliest Date |
1999 |
Latest Date |
1999 |
Maker |
New Era Cap Company, Inc. |
Subjects |
Sports Clothing & dress Baseball |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Clothing -- Headwear |
Catalog Number |
99.011 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by The Coby Foundation, 2009. |
Legal Status |
Images and text in this database are copyrighted by the Staten Island Historical Society unless otherwise noted. Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |