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LSU Military Museum's Director has nothing on this in his LSU ROTC uniforms. LSU archivist at the library is going through the band pictures through the years. I think it's band officer's or Director's cap. Might be earlier than I originally thought but no one has presented a good photo of the band ...

[quote]Now - this is very likely before the Ostwald cap could have been a factor (this picture is 28-29), but look at the up front trombone player - THAT looks reasonably like a gold/silver braid style strap as opposed to the others[/quote] I saw this picture and I do believe it's band related. I...

[quote]ignores tag inside hat that reads: "1 Apr 13"*[/quote] Definitely didn't ignore it. I'm not sure what date that would be? Can't be 1913 nor 2013. Company wasn't in business on either date. If the "1" is the year...what year would that represent? ...

[quote]construction, it appears to be an interwar period (1919-1939) dress hat for an Army officer. Surplus items would have been used by ROTC programs. A commissioned officer example from that same time period (very similar in structure to the one in your picture) can be found at this eBay auction...

[quote]Can’t help you but that’s a cool piece of history.[/quote] It really is. I collect WWII medals and anything vintage LSU and in 30 years I've never come across another cap or the LSU officer's insignia ever again. I just wish it could be identified. Something else I found not long ago that...

[quote]Perhaps a non standard cadet uniform for honor guard, Pershing Rifles, Scabbard and Blade etc..[/quote] Been searching that too, but nothing yet. I can't have the only cap like this. I'm waiting to see who made the band uniforms in the 1950's. The History and Alumni Secretary of the LSU...

The LSU military museum says the color nor the cord is correct to be ROTC. Their strap was leather. The archivst at LSU library thinks possibly Band Director or Band Officer. He's still researching. Not many uniforms nor hats pre-1958 from the band made it from the Music Hall fire. I'm too leani...

Brookshire Military Museum...

My great Uncle owned a store on Airline and 42 during those years and had 100s of posters. Luckily they kept a few. My grandparents lived right in front of the track. Crazy stories of that event....

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