Leather motorcycle cap with 30 buttons still attached. Black leather cap. About 200x260 mm; 8x10 inches round, with 50 mm (2-inch) brim, size 7; brim detached with failed tape repairs, inner headband coming detached, otherwise well-worn, decorated with 30 pinback buttons, many of them dated 1969 to 1971.
The buttons represent a wide range of southern California gay motorcycle events and leather bars. They include "Don's Male Box 1971" (an early Los Angeles leather bar), "Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs," "Buddy Motorcycle Club St. Patrick's Day Run," "Blue Max M.C. L.A. Red Baron Run," "Gladiator M.C. Armed Forces Day Run, 1971," "I Got Done on the Buddy Run," "'70 Black Pipe L.A. Individual Competition Run," "Tradesman Anniversary," and "Oedipus Grecian Games 1970."
Provenance: acquired at a swap meet in Joshua Tree, CA.
