Bullard Hard Boiled Miner’s Helmet
- Description (Brief)
- This Hard Boiled brand miner’s helmet was made by the E.D. Bullard Company of San Francisco, California after 1919. A leather and metal lamp bracket is mounted onto the front of the helmet that likely would have held a carbide lamp. Bullard was one of the first producers of protective hard hats, basing their original design off of the “doughboy” helmets worn by World War I soldiers. The helmet was made of canvas, glue, and black paint, and given the trademarked name “Hard Boiled” because of the steam used in the manufacturing process.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- helmet, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 9 1/2 in x 11 in; 15.24 cm x 24.13 cm x 27.94 cm
- ID Number
- AG*MHI-MN-8782B
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8782B
- accession number
- 265669
- subject
- Work
- Natural Resources
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Mining Helmets
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Helmets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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