Fashion — 1880 - 1900
Hat, Salvation Army Hallelujah bonnet
The 'Hallelujah bonnet' was an important symbol for the Salvation Army. Catherine Booth, wife of the Army's founder, developed the bonnet in 1880 with an Army cadet, the milliner Annie Lockwood. Mrs Booth chose a bonnet that would be 'cheap, strong and large enough to protect the heads of the wearers from cold as well as from brick-bats and other missiles.' The straw and silk bonnets were first worn in public on 16 June 1880 in a march from Hackney to Whitechapel.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 2012.59/3
- Object name:
- hat, Salvation Army Hallelujah bonnet
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Salvation Army
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- Production date:
- 1880 - 1900
- Material:
straw, silk
- Measurements/duration:
- H 172 mm, W 241 mm, D 265 mm (bonnet without ribbons) (overall)
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Salvation Army
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- Creative commons usage:
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