Whoopee cap
A whoopee cap is a style of headwear popular among youths in the mid 20th century in the United States. It was often made from a man's felt fedora hat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped cut and turned up. In the 1920s and 1930s, such caps usually indicated the wearer was a mechanic.[1] It is also referred to as a Jughead hat (so named after comic book character Jughead Jones, for whom the hat became an iconic piece), palookaville cap, devils cap, clubhouse hat, dink cap, rat cap, or Kingpin.
George Lindsey as Goober Pyle wearing a typical whoopee cap
References
- Jughead and Friends Digest Magazine. Archie Comic Publications, Inc. February 2008.
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