Day 403 / Hat 403: Blue and white railroad stripe (aka hickory stripe) train engineer's cap (child's size) with adjustable strap in back. Interior tag
reads: "Toysmith 07/10" on one side and "made in China" on
the other.
Like yesterday's headgear, this was sent to the Project by
the Painter family of Bremerton, Washington, who stumbled across the Project
while on a quest of their own. The e-mail exchange went as follows:
Subject: Hat #390 please, I need this hat!
Dear Mr Tschorn;
I found your blog when searching for this grey baby gap
hat.
My Mom bought for it my son, Leo and he wears it every
day and has for two years. At night it goes on his bedpost. I had to solemnly
explain to the front desk lady at school that is was "our faith"
because hats are not allowed and she was always threatening to take it away
from him.
It is nearly impossible to get it away from him to clean
it. I live in fear of strong wind.
Please may I buy this hat from you?
Best regards
Nancy Williams Painter
Subject: RE: Hat #390 please, I need this hat!
Nancy,
I’m delighted that you discovered Project Cubbins! Leo is
super cute in the hat and he should definitely have a back-up one in case of
strong wind. I don’t want any money in exchange for it though. All I ask is
that you send me a hat for the Project in exchange! (I do need to make it all
the way to 500, after all …)
Does that sound fair?
Best,
Adam
Subject: Re: Hat #390 please, I need this hat!
Adam,
Thank you so much for getting back to me! That sounds
completely fair and equitable! If you
give me your mailing address, your kindness will be returned to you many-fold.
True to her word, three days later, a shipment of four
hats arrived -- the same day the Painters posted a Facebook photo of young Leo
with his back-up lid on head. Having folks like the Painter family
participating in the Project brings me great joy, and I can't thank them enough
for reaching out - and throwing their hats in the ring.
(Hint, hint: If anyone
else out there wants to make a trade, I've got 97 hats left to account for!)
As
for the provenance of this lid, Nancy
Williams Painter says : "The train conductor hat is normatively issued to
Americans with children." Based on my e-sleuthing this may well have been originally issued to 11 other budding train engineers as well since Toydoo.com sells 'em in packs of 12 (for $79.95!)
Related:
Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1.
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1.
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