Vintage Cap - Help!

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Posted By: Rob

Sorry about screwing up my first attempt at this post!

Hi All,

This cap was purchased by me sometime around 1983 at a flea market in Momence, Illinois. I can't remember what I paid for the cap, but it wasn't much. I've only seen one other like it available for sale (at auction about 6 years ago), but I can't recall which auction house handled it. It was billed in the auction as "one of the oldest known adult size baseball caps". The one in the auction just said "BASE BALL" on the band where this one says "CAPTAIN". I'd love to hear if anyone knows anything about this cap. It's definitly an adult size, and is in pretty good shape with the exception of the split leather band on the front (which is still in one piece, but split). Thanks for your help!

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Hi Rob,
I think that came from the lady that kept the score book at my little league games............. ha ha Brian

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Posted By: Rob

Is it a replica?

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Posted By: davidcycleback

but that thing's so unusual, it would seem unlikely that it's a replica-- unless it made for a Broadway review. If someone in 1960 was going to make replica old baseball cap it would look nothing like that.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

If you look at 1800s baseball photos, they did wear a variety of cap styles including some without the front bill. Old college religous school teams, and likely women's teams, sometimes wore unusal caps.

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Posted By: Rob McKenzie

This link talks about the knickerbockers wearing straw hats fwiw..

http://www.cottoninc.com/lsm/article.asp?articleID=179