Soft Hat Finishing This operation makes the felt smooth and pleasing t o the touch. The bodies are ironed and rubbed with fine emery paper a nd considerable experience is required to make the surface even.

Soft Hat Finishing This operation makes the felt smooth and pleasing t o the touch. The bodies are ironed and rubbed with fine emery paper a nd considerable experience is required to make the surface even.

Digitized film strip
Transparency

Soft Hat Finishing This operation makes the felt smooth and pleasing t o the touch. The bodies are ironed and rubbed with fine emery paper a nd considerable experience is required to make the surface even.

transparency, gelatin on glass
Overall: 3 1/4 × 4 in. (8.3 × 10.2 cm)
Museum accession

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