Notice: file_put_contents(): Write of 96785 bytes failed with errno=28 No space left on device in /opt/frankenphp/design.onmedianet.com/app/src/Arsae/CacheManager.php on line 36

Warning: http_response_code(): Cannot set response code - headers already sent (output started at /opt/frankenphp/design.onmedianet.com/app/src/Arsae/CacheManager.php:36) in /opt/frankenphp/design.onmedianet.com/app/src/Models/Response.php on line 17

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/frankenphp/design.onmedianet.com/app/src/Arsae/CacheManager.php:36) in /opt/frankenphp/design.onmedianet.com/app/src/Models/Response.php on line 20
A short history of the baseball cap.(The Home Forum) - The Christian Science Monitor | HighBeam Research
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20121019185654/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55808234.html
  • Export
  • Print
  • Cite

A short history of the baseball cap.(The Home Forum)

September 21, 1999 | Copyright

If the United States has a national hat, it is surely the baseball cap. Even golfers, tennis players, and football players wear them, either when playing or while standing on the sidelines. Mail-carriers, truck drivers, and Boy Scouts wear them, too. You may have seen stores that sell nothing but baseball caps.

It took many years for baseball players to settle on the style of cap so familiar today.

William Arlt is an expert on the subject and president of the Cooperstown Ball Cap Co. He says the first baseball team, the Knickerbockers, wore straw hats! From the 1840s to the 1870s, players wore all sorts of hats - boating caps, jockey caps, even bicycling …

Related articles on HighBeam Research
To New Yorkers, he's Churchill in a baseball cap.(USA)

The Christian Science Monitor; September 19, 2001

In Brazil, 'Lula' makes run for president: A former union man gains popularity and leads the polls as the Oct. 6 election for president heats...

The Christian Science Monitor; July 11, 2002

On front line of AIDS in Russia; An industrial city northwest of Moscow struggles as AIDS reaches a broader population.(WORLD)

The Christian Science Monitor; August 17, 2004

Why do parents dress - and act - like their children?(OPINION)(Viewpoint essay)

The Christian Science Monitor; September 11, 2009

Why a true New Yorker dons a Boston Red Sox cap.(THE HOME FORUM)

The Christian Science Monitor; August 20, 2003

'; if(surround) { s+= '
'; } document.write(s); return; } } google_ad_client = 'pub-1767711865744298'; google_ad_channel = '7117637913'; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_max_num_ads = 4; google_kw_type = 'broad'; google_kw = ""; google_skip = 2; google_feedback = 'on'; /*--*//*]]>*/

Publication Finder

Browse back issues from our extensive library of more than 6,500 trusted publications.

'; if(surround) { s+= '
'; } document.write(s); return; } } google_ad_client = 'pub-1767711865744298'; google_ad_channel = '7114929721'; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_max_num_ads = 2; google_kw_type = 'broad'; google_kw = ""; google_skip = 0; google_feedback = 'on'; /*--*//*]]>*/

Popular publicationson HighBeam Research

NPR All Things Considered
News transcripts
Newsweek
National newspapers
The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
Massachusetts newspapers
The Nation
Political magazines
Harper's Magazine
Cultural magazines

Help us improve our websites

Become a member of our Customer Advisory Panel. Your opinion matters!

Join the panel
Visit Cengage Brain