Vintage baseball cap.What team ????

[simmo]

Anyone tell me what team this cap belongs to.Been looking on cooperstown website but cant find the exact same cap or is it just a custom type cap?

 

[BellyTank]

Ahh yes...inal installment of Band of Brothers...

The 'B' looks similar to a Dodgers' 'B' but I've never seen a '30s-'40s one in yellow- the blue is very Dodgers though-

But then again, it could have been a Minors team, or maybe from his home town.
A repro for sure.

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[simmo]

Or could it just be 'B' for his name. Buck Compton ? Looking for a cap in this style and material.

 

[BellyTank]

Try here-

http://www.dugout-memories.com/capsteam.html

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[simmo]

Thanks for the link but i'm still none the wiser .

 

[BellyTank]

...caps in that style and material-

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[Daniel Riser]

Perhaps the filmmakers, mainly the costume designer, chose to have a generic hero cap made.

 

[Skywlkrinc]

Buck Compton was a jock in college before entering the Army. It could be from the school he went to....though that is just a guess and I don't know which college he went to.

 

[simmo]

All i could find out was he played baseball and football at UCLA

 

[BellyTank]

The Answer!

The cap is UCLA Bruins Athletic- Baseball (founded 1920s)

'B' for Bruins- blue and yellow-

Lynn D. (Buck) Compton played Football too, Rosebowl Jan. '43.

Here's a contemporary example of UCLA Bruins' Blue and Yellow-

The TV one is obviously a period correct wool flannel fitted cap, probably a custom job by one of the repro vendors.

See this thread for some examples of what's available in repro vintage fitted flannel ball caps:

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=3455&highlight=baseball+caps

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[simmo]

Cheers Guys.So what i am after is a UCLA Bruins Blue and Yellow wool flannel fitted cap.Cant find any UCLA Bruins caps at Coooperstown Ball Cap co.Looking at the fitting pics on cooperstown caps site would you say this cap was a regular cut or a short cut ? Have emailed them to see if they can make this cap.
Cheers.

 

[BellyTank]

At this site..?

http://www.ballcap.com/

...what you want is the dimensions of the 1939-'48 era- no crown stiffening and a shorter-than-contemporary bill. 'Regular-short' I would hazard...


Have a look at some of the '30s-'40s caps here-

http://www.dugout-memories.com/capsteam.html


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[simmo]

Yes.Thats the site

 

[Canadave]

At this site..?

http://www.ballcap.com/

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Amazing! Large sizes, too. Has anyone ordered from them?

David

 

[BellyTank]

I've had 'Ebbets Field Flannels' and 'Mitchell and Ness' caps and they're good-
these ones, I think are a wool blend though, rather than pure wool flannel.

The vintage style caps are so much kooler than the later ones wth the peaked/stiffened crowns...

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[simmo]

Got to agree.A nice close to the head cap looks so much better.

 

[BellyTank]

I have a vintage style wool ball cap in that colour- maybe this has prompted me to remove the existing emblem and cut a yellow 'B' and sew it on... maybe...
I have admired that one for some time.

Thanks for the idea...

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[simmo]

Ball caps have just got back to me.Said it looks like a new throw back of the Bruins in the 40's .It will be $44 plus $20 shipping to UK.Does that sound about right ?

 

[simmo]

Are there any other vintage cap sites that will make a cap to order or are ball caps the best bet.Want best quality i can get for about the same price.

 

[BellyTank]

$20 shipping to the UK sounds a bit much- should be more like $10 max...

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