Cap, Garrison
Object number2014.140.12
MediumWool/Fabric/Leather/Thread
Credit LineGift of Stephanie Mallinger
DescriptionNavy blue wool garrison cap with gold piping. One side has embroidered patch and text.Dimensions5 x 1 x 11.625 in. (12.7 x 2.5 x 29.5 cm)InscriptionsProper left side has an embroidered patch with text "AMERICAN LEGION" and "US" in the center; below the patch is gold embroidered text "SQUIRREL HILL".
Proper right side has gold embroidered text "577".
The underside of the sweatband on the proper right side has handwritten in ink "H.I. FRANK."
Historical NotesThis garrision cap belonged to Herbert Isaac Frank. The American Legion Post 577 is in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The Buck and Frank families were Jewish families that lived in McKeesport, PA, and Irwin, PA, respectively, during the late 19th and 20th centuries. They were connected through Rose (Buck) Frank, who married Herbert I. Frank in 1930. Herbert I. Frank was drafted into the Quartermaster Corps but received a medical discharge shortly after the Armistice. After the war, he attended the University of Pittsburgh. In 1930, he married Rose Buck. The couple had two daughters Stephanie (Frank) Mallinger, born in 1931, and Ann (Frank) Hoechstetter, born in 1932. Herbert I. Frank was involved in local philanthropic groups, such as Jewish Big Brother Association, the Jewish Social Service Bureau, and the Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association. Due to his standing in the community, he was asked to join a local draft board. For three years, he served as chairman on City Draft Board #14, before resigning after a dispute with other board members over the issuing of deferments. Following his resignation, he took a position on a Price Control Board. Herbert I. Frank passed away in 1946.
Previous owner
Herbert Isaac Frank
(died 1946)
Related institution
American Legion
(founded 1919)
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American Legion Post 577
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Quartermaster Corps
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United States Army
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Jewish Big Brother Association
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Jewish Social Service Bureau
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Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association
On View
Not on view1996-2003
American Legion
1941-1945
1939-1945
1943-1945
1939-1945
1939-1945
c. 1980