Sunday, May 08, 2022
Wish You Were Here, from Charles Dana Gibson
Here's a Gibson card issued by Henderson & Sons of England. This one is #91 from their Pictorial Comedy series.
I confess I am not familiar with these caps as being somehow emblematic of Yankees. But I can say for sure that Googling "historical Yankee caps" will definitely not get anyone closer to answers in this regard.
Labels: Wish You Were Here
Comments:
That's a Phyrgian cap, worn by Libertas, the Roman goddess of Liberty, and used as a symbol of Liberty in art (Columbia, the female personification of America, wore one). Wikipedia has an article on the cap.
I'm guessing that it's a reference to the Suffragettes.
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I'm guessing that it's a reference to the Suffragettes.
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