Lex Anteinternet: Curious Caps I. An early logo cap?

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Curious Caps I. An early logo cap?

I published this item this past week:

Lex Anteinternet: Mid Week At Work: Children Processing Tobacco. A...:

Boys working tobacco, ages 9 and 11.

I got to looking at it, and I noticed the boy's hat on the left.

Let's take a closer look:

Hmmm. . . .

That cap sure appears to say "Coca Cola" on it.

This is a surprise.

Now, we've posted on headgear before, and indeed one of the most popular posts on this site pertains to hats and caps.

But I frankly would never have guessed that there were logo caps out there at the time, let alone one advertising a brand name.

It appears, however, that there were.

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