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William Godfrey "Willie G." Davidson (born 1933) [1] is an American businessman and motorcycle designer, and the former senior vice president & chief styling officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was also the head of Harley-Davidson's Willie G. Davidson Product Development Center in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. [ 4 ]
Jeep cap; Kerchief or durag, as stereotypically worn by pirates and often featuring actual skull print; Kippah or yarmulke, worn by Jewish men; Kufi, worn primarily by men of West African heritage; Scrub cap, worn by healthcare professionals while performing procedures; Scrum cap, worn by rugby players; Sindhi cap worn by Sindhi people of ...
The jeep cap was originally knitted close to the head, with a six-stitch "starfish pattern" on top (supposedly to support the webbing suspension inside the helmets), with a cuff coming out like a V from the top center of the brim and around the rest of the cap, which soldiers could pull down over their ears for even more warmth.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term "bean", meaning "head".In New Zealand and Australia, the term "beanie" is normally applied to a knit cap known as a toque in Canada and parts of the US, but also may apply to the kind of skull cap historically worn by surf lifesavers [1] and still worn during surf sports. [2]
A variation was marketed to young girls as the Polly Crockett hat. It was similar in style to the boys' cap, including the long tail, but was made of all-white fur (faux or possibly rabbit). At the peak of the fad, coonskin caps sold at a rate of 5,000 caps a day. [5] By the end of the 1950s, Crockett's popularity waned and the fad slowly died out.
The earliest known version of Disney’s iconic character entered the public domain on Jan. 1 — 95 years after appearing in the 1928 short film “Steamboat Willie.” Prepare for darker ...
Women's night caps were usually a long piece of cloth wrapped around the head, or a triangular cloth tied under the chin. [1] Men's nightcaps were traditionally pointed hats with a long top, sometimes with a pom-pom on the end. [1] The long end could be used like a scarf to keep the back of the neck warm. [1]
Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap, marsh skullcap [5] or hooded skullcap, is a hardy perennial herb native to northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, and almost all of Canada.