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Article: Baseball Cap Turns Fifty.
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- PR Newswire
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- July 23, 2004
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STIRLING, Scotland, July 23 /PRNewswire/ --
Golfers wear them and so do Brownies. Every Hollywood director since Steven Spielberg did 'Jaws' considers it part of their work wardrobe. It's a US import which has become an integral part of British society. And this year it has a special birthday. The baseball cap is fifty.
Up until 1954, it was up to individual baseball players to choose a hat to keep the sun out their eyes. Some went for straw boaters, others preferred jockey caps. There was no consistency amongst players, let alone teams. So, in 1954, a hat company called New Era came up with the standard issue cap known as the '59Fifty'. This brought ...