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Object Name
Mortarboard
Object Number
1991-03-5 B
Description
Black felt mortarboard (or graduation cap, or academic cap) with gold tassel. Lined with gold satin lining. Maker's label at top of crown and protected by clear plastic "Cotrelland Leonard Inc. Albany, N.Y. Established 1832 Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costumes"
Comment
Belonged to donor's brother Louis Wiggin who graduate from Yale University in 1942 and served as Assistant Dean of Yale in the 1950s.
Category
Personal Artifacts
Maker
Date Made
ca. 1950
Materials
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