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Mourning top hat

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silk fur cotton, American
Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift of the Brooklyn Museum 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Massena Garrison 1944
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Title: Mourning top hat
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silk fur cotton, American.

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