The Quiz: A photograph of which President helped launch the Panama hat’s popularity?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Although the design of the Panama hat actually originated in Ecuador, it was named for Panama because it was the construction of the Panama Canal that launched these hats into mainstream fashion. In 1906, a photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt donning a Panama hat was published. The hat became so influential that in 2012, the weaving of Panama hats was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
The correct answer to this quiz is Theodore Roosevelt.