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Clothing Accessories
Clothing and Accessories
Women's Clothing
Headwear ➔ Hat
Identifier:
2008.48.8Description:
This brown hat is made of faux fur. It has a small brim made of cotton and there are cotton strips of fabric draped from either side. This hat has a brown Petersham sweatband and a union label.This donation came from the home of Dr. Willis L. and Mrs. Ruth Dixon who lived in East Grand Rapids from 1953 to 2008 and was worn by Mrs. Dixon. The fashion items in this collection are stylish, high quality and represent popular brand name labels.
Date:
circa 1965 – 1980Materials:
Faux Fur, CottonDimensions:
2.5"" h 9.5"" w 9"" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Willis And Ruth DixonRelated Entities:
Jeff Dixon (donor) United Hatters of North America (is related to)Alternate names: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Worker International Union
The United Hatters of North America, also known as UHNA, was a millinery labor union. It was founded in 1896 and merged with the Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union in 1934 to form the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Worker International Union. It later merged to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1983. It merged again in 1995 to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.
Ruth Dixon (used by)
Ruth Kenworthy Dixon was a volunteer for more than 60 years for medical, health, and other charitable organizations. Born in Richmond, IN., and raised chiefly in Columbus OH. Dixon came to Grand Rapids - the hometown of her husband Willis L. Dixon (Jr.) (1922-2008) - as a young mother in 1953 after he was discharged from the U.S. Navy. The couple met in 1947 in Philadelphia, where he was a medical student and she was a social worker, and married in 1948. The couple had three children: Mark E. Dixon, Jeffrey E. Dixon and Jane Elizabeth Moore. Beginning in the early 1950s, the chief focus of Dixon's volunteer energies was the Kent County and Michigan chapters of the American Medical Society Auxiliary, an association of doctors' wives that advocated on health-related issues. Dixon also loved fashion, and rarely discarded a garment. Many of her outfits were donated to the Grand Rapids Public Museum among other items. (Obituary, Published in the Grand Rapid Press, Nov 17-Nov 21, 2013) Willis L. Dixon Jr. M.D. (is related to)
Willis L. Dixon (Jr.), M.D. was a 45 year physician of internal medicine. Dr. Dixon was a 1940 graduate of Ottawa Hills High School, attended DePauw University, served in the U.S. Army, received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical School in 1948, completed his medical residency at Harper Hospital, Detroit, then served from 1950-53 in the Navy medical corps during the Korean War. Willis Dixon and his wife Ruth returned to Grand Rapids in 1953 after he was discharged from the U.S. Navy. The couple met in 1947 in Philadelphia, where he was a medical student and Ruth was a social worker, and married in 1948. They had three children: Mark E. Dixon, Jeffrey E. Dixon and Jane Elizabeth Moore. Dixon joined the medical staff at St. Mary's Hospital in 1953, and opened an office in the Medical Arts Building on Sheldon Ave., which he served until 1992. (Obituary, Published in Grand Rapids Press from Jul. 3 to Jul. 7, 2008.).
