Catalogue Number: HFHS_TOG_000010
• Issued to Walter Crawley
• Pre-1950s E.D. Bullard hard boiled fiberglass firefighters helmet. The hard hat concept comes from Bullard, a hundred-year-old, family-owned manufacturer of personal protective equipment, specializing in industrial head protection, including hard hats, firefighter head protection and supplied-air respiratory protection. The "Hard Boiled" hat, patented in 1919, was so called because of the steam used in the manufacturing process. The original "Hard Boiled" hat’ was manufactured out of steamed canvas, glue, a leather brim, and black paint. Bullard’s distinctive three-rib, heat resistant fiberglass hard hat was developed in the 1940’s.