Toque
Object number2010.102.2
Date1946-1956
Mediumcotton
Credit LineGift of Loine Dent
DescriptionWhite cotton chef's hat or toque. Printed in red around bottom is Westinghouse logo, additional text, and image of a male face with stubbed beard.Dimensions9 x 10 in. (22.9 x 25.4 cm)InscriptionsPrinted in red around bottom, "[Westinghouse logo] TUFF GUY".
Historical NotesWestinghouse hat worn by the donor Loine Dent's father, Thompson Smith Dent, to demonstrate Westinghouse products in local department stores. Dent worked out of the Wheeling office and sold in West Virginia, Ohio, and parts of Kentucky. He started out as an appliance wholesale salesman in 1946, and then moved to hardware sales, leaving the company in 1956.
Previous owner
Thomas Smith Dent
Related institution
Westinghouse
On View
Not on view
c. 1950
1952
1968-1995
1988
2008
1936-1956
McKee Glass Company
