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Panama hat worn by William Allen White of Emporia, Kansas. White was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, newspaper editor, and politician. He was known to often wear Panama hats, popular headwear imported from South America in the early 20th century. White may have worn this hat while serving as a delegate to the 1920 National Republican Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Date: between 1920 and 1929
Item Number: 224950
Call Number: 2002.60.499
KSHS Identifier: 2002.60.499
Collections - Museum
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Headwear - Hat - Panama
People - Notable Kansans - White, William Allen, 1868-1944
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Counties - Lyon
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/224950
