I have several authentic Coal Miner "soft hats/helmets" for mounting a carbide
light and minor head protection. Those are probably worn prior to 1940. Now I
also have my original caving helmet, black hard shell with a small bill only on
the front that I wore in 1960, 8th grade. A few years ago a collector told me
that was worth $800 bucks, which is difficult to believe.
Another prized helmet is a heavy white motorcycle cycle helmet with chin strap
that Ediger promoted in the Kirkwood neighborhood around 1976. Then there is
the lighter weight yellow helmet that probably saved Blake from more serious
injury in his fall. I forget what we called that helmet, but it was the top
helmet at the time.
Of course helmets were worn in WW1 as evident in the war flick, 1917.
Helmets off !! I could open Mark's link.
Preston
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:34 AM, Mark Minton<mmin...@caver.net> wrote:
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Ever wonder where hard hats came from? Here’s a link to a story about the
company that made the first hard hats after World War I, 100 years ago:
<https://www.xyht.com/surveying/hard-hat-anniversary/>. Only the first few
paragraphs are about the history; the rest is about the company today and is of
less interest.
Mark Minton
mmin...@caver.net
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