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Denim bucket hat worn by Jimmie Walker as J.J. Evans on Good Times

Blue denim bucket hat with quilted brim worn by Jimmie Walker as the character James "JJ" Evans Jr. on the television show "Good Times." The interior of the cap portion is not lined, though the seams are covered in black twill tape. There is an interior hat band of black synthetic lining material. A white clothing tag with brown printed text is sewn at the center back of the interior band that reads: "Cali-Fame / of / Los Angeles / XL".

Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1974-1979
Cotton denim, twill tape, and synthetic fiber
23.5 x 24.8 x 25.4 cm
2014.26.1
Image and text © National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2020