John Glenn Archives

Artifacts Collection

Caps/Hats Category
 
Category Item Number Description
Corporate 463 Crash helmet with "GM Proving Ground" logo and "John Glenn" painted on the front, used by Glenn during a visit to the GM Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, September 1970.
Military 328 Baseball cap with a "USMC VMO/VMF-155 Reddy Teddy" embroidered patch on the front, from a reunion of the U.S. Marine Corps squadron John Glenn flew with during World War II, no date.
Military 340 Baseball cap with the U.S. Marine Corps insignia and "USMC" embroidered on the front along with USMC aviator wings and two lapel pins from the Marine Corps Aviation Association, presented to John Glenn at a meeting of the association, no date.
Military 711 Red felt baseball type cap with a military aviation logo patch, a metal U.S. Marine Corps insignia, and a Major insignia pinned on it, no date.
NASA 326 Baseball cap from NASA with a "Next Stop Mars" logo embroidered on the front, c.1990s.
NASA 330 Baseball cap with the embroidered mission patch of John Glenn's 1962 Friendship spaceflight "Mercury 6 - Friendship 7 - Glenn" hand-stitched on the front, no date.
NASA 331 Baseball cap with the logo from NASA's 25th anniversary "NASA 25 - 1958-1983" on the front.
NASA 334 Baseball cap with the "Space Day - May 22, 1997" logo embroidered on the front.
NASA 337 Baseball cap with embroidered patch, "Remembering the Past Challenging the Future 1941-1991 Lewis Research Center NACA NASA 50th Anniversary" on the front. (present-day NASA Glenn Research Center)
NASA 339 Baseball cap with the logo patch of the "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Air Force Space Museum" on the front.
NASA 341 Baseball cap with embroidered patch "45th OPS Support SQ" on the front (presented to John Glenn by the Air Force unit planning to renovate the Launch Pad 14 Blockhouse at Cape Canaveral), no date.
NASA 415 Gray Stetson hat worn by John Glenn during ceremonies opening NASA's Houston Space Center in Houston, Texas on July 4, 1962.
NASA 1187 Souvenir baseball cap commemorating John Glenn's return to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95, featuring the words "John Glenn - 98 or Bust" around an embroidered image of a space shuttle, 1998.
NASA 1188 Souvenir baseball cap commemorating John Glenn's return to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95, featuring "Friendship 7" embroidered on the front and "STS-95 John Glenn Returns to Space" on the back, 1998.
NASA 1556 Grey Stetson cowboy hat with special "Texas Crimp" in the front put in by Lyndon B. Johnson and presented to John Glenn by the vice president after Glenn's Friendship 7 space flight in 1962.
Senate 327 Baseball cap from John Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign with "John Glenn President 84 Believe in the Future Again" printed on the front.
Senate 329 Baseball cap from an unidentified election campaign with "I'm For John Glenn" printed on the front.
Senate 332 Baseball cap with the logo from John Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign "John Glenn 84" printed on the front.
Senate 333 Baseball cap with the logo of the Trident nuclear submarine "USS Ohio SSBN 726" embroidered on the front, c.1980s.
Senate 335 Baseball cap with the "M1 Abrams" tank logo printed on the front, presented to John Glenn at the M1A2 Abrams Tank Acceptance Ceremony, Lima Army Tank Plant, Lima, Ohio, December 1, 1992.
Senate 336 Baseball cap with the "Ohio State 1997 Rose Bowl" logo embroidered on the front, presented to John Glenn while a game-day guest of E. Gordon Gee, president of the Ohio State University.
Senate 338 Baseball cap from the Mercury 7 Foundation space camp with "Sen. John Glenn Camp" embroidered on the front.
Senate 402 White hard hat with "Senator John Glenn" painted on the front in blue lettering, no date. (representative of ten such hard hats in original accession)
Senate 466 Full size, gray football helmet with black lettering "Glenn 101st Rose Parade" on the left side and "Glenn 76th Rose Bowl" on the right side. (John Glenn was the Grand Marshal for the 101st Rose Parade in 1990)
Senate 712 Blue baseball cap from John Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign featuring a patch on the front labeled "Glenn in 84 - President - New Frontier Democrats of Trumbull Co. Ohio" and an image of a rocket labeled "Progress."
Senate 713 Blue baseball cap from John Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign with "John Glenn and I Believe in America" printed on the front.
Senate 715 Blue and white baseball cap with red lettering "Glenn/Britt Campaign Take-off" printed on the front, from a campaign rally for John Glenn and Robin Britt of North Carolina, September 1982.
Senate 1185 Blue baseball cap from John Glenn's Senate office softball team, featuring a logo of a red spacecraft orbiting a softball labeled "Glenn."
Senate 1186 Blue baseball cap from John Glenn's Senate office softball team, featuring a logo of a spacecraft orbiting the word "Glenn."