"Simple form of the Bee-hive, With cap removed to show glass top." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Beehive

"Simple form of the Bee-hive, With cap removed to show glass top." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

A bonnet is a type of headgear, bonnets today are mostly worn by babies, or Scottish soldiers. Babies use as a soft head covering. They are shaped similarly to the kind of bonnets women used to wear , they cover the hair and ears but not the forehead.

Combination Cap and Bonnet

A bonnet is a type of headgear, bonnets today are mostly worn by babies, or Scottish soldiers. Babies…

Boy's cap.

Cap

Boy's cap.

A covering for the head.

Cap

A covering for the head.

Caps, or Closures, are used to seal the openings of bottles of many types. They can be small circular pieces of metal, usually steel, with plastic backings, and for plastic bottles a plastic cap is used instead.

Bottle Cap

Caps, or Closures, are used to seal the openings of bottles of many types. They can be small circular…

A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.

Dress Cap

A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.

"CHAPEAU. Cap of maintenance or dignity, borne only by sovereign princes. It is formed of crimson or scarlet velvet, lined with ermine." -Hall, 1862

Chapeau

"CHAPEAU. Cap of maintenance or dignity, borne only by sovereign princes. It is formed of crimson or…

A woman sits with a child on her lap. The child is wearing a frilly dress and playing with the woman's necklace.

Woman with Young Child

A woman sits with a child on her lap. The child is wearing a frilly dress and playing with the woman's…

"Agaricus- A large and important genus of fungi, characterized by having a fleshy cap or pileus, and a number of radiating plates or gills on which are produced the naked spores."-Whitney, 1902

Common Mushroom

"Agaricus- A large and important genus of fungi, characterized by having a fleshy cap or pileus, and…

Giant with a cap and hood carrying a stick.

Giant

Giant with a cap and hood carrying a stick.

Two skullcaps used for defense of the head in the 16th century. The caps fit closely to the head. The cap on the left appears to be cloth lined with an iron frame. The cap on the right consists only of the iron frame. Both caps are from the 16th century.

Iron Skullcaps from the 16th Century

Two skullcaps used for defense of the head in the 16th century. The caps fit closely to the head. The…

"Monkey reefed, said of a sail when the yard is on the cap and the reef-tackles are hauled out." -Whitney, 1911

Monkey Reef Jib

"Monkey reefed, said of a sail when the yard is on the cap and the reef-tackles are hauled out."…

"Spanish reef, a derisive term for a jib having a knot tied in its head, or for one of the square-sails whose yard has been lowered and left on the cap." -Whitney, 1911

Spanish Reef Jib

"Spanish reef, a derisive term for a jib having a knot tied in its head, or for one of the square-sails…

Jockey running toward right.

Jockey

Jockey running toward right.

This invention relates to heat presses and, more particularly, to heat presses that are easy to use and expandable for greater workloads.

Hat Pressing Machine

This invention relates to heat presses and, more particularly, to heat presses that are easy to use…

Profile portrait of an old man with a flowing beard and long hair beneath a tight-fitting cap. He appears to be wearing a heavy robe with a fur collar. On his right hand are two rings.

Old Man with Flowing Beard

Profile portrait of an old man with a flowing beard and long hair beneath a tight-fitting cap. He appears…

Boy with a feather in his cap holding a stick.

Peasant boy

Boy with a feather in his cap holding a stick.

Two poor boys. One crying; one sharing something.

Poor boys

Two poor boys. One crying; one sharing something.

"A plant of the genus <i>Scutellaria</i>: so called from the helmet-like appendage to the upper lip of the calyx, which closes the mouth of the calyx after the fall of the corolla." &mdash;Whitney, 1889
<p>In the illustration, <i>a</i> represents the calyx. This illustration is of <i>Scutellaria serrata</i>, an herbaceous perennial mint.

Skullcap - Upper Part of the Flowering Stem

"A plant of the genus Scutellaria: so called from the helmet-like appendage to the upper lip of the…

Bottle caps, or "closures", are used to seal the openings of bottles of many types.

Bottle Top

Bottle caps, or "closures", are used to seal the openings of bottles of many types.