Sam Walton's Hat
Sam Walton's Hat
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- Description
- Sam Walton founded his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas and his first Sam’s Club wholesale store in 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Walton was known for preferring baseball caps to staid business clothes, exemplified in this trucker-style hat he wore. The hat has a white mesh back with a blue front and bill that reads “WAL-MART/Our People Make The Difference/SAM’s Wholesale Club.”
- Object Name
- hat
- Physical Description
- white (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- plastic (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 8 in x 11 in; 13.335 cm x 20.32 cm x 27.94 cm
- ID Number
- 2014.0111.01
- accession number
- 2014.0111
- catalog number
- 2014.0111.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Clothing & Accessories
- Work
- American Enterprise
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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