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The Star-Spangled Banner
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Artist/Maker

The Star-Spangled Banner

1941
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cotton
Overall: 25 x 25 in. ( 63.5 x 63.5 cm )
Purchase
1941.341
DescriptionCotton printed kerchief with three stanzas of the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the center surrounded by stars and exploding rockets printed in red and blue ink on a white ground; red border with white stars and a blue border.
Markingsprinted: on red border: "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER/ BLUE IS FOR LOYALTY, JUSTICE AND TRUTH/ WHITE IS FOR PURITY/ RED IS FOR COURAGE AND ZEAL" PRINTED: in center: "OH, SAY!/ CAN YOU SEE, BY THE/ DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT,/ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED/ AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING?/ WHOSE BROUAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS,/ THRO' THE PERIOUS FIGHT, O'ER THE/ RAMPARTS WE WATCHED, WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING?
ClassificationsTEXTILES
Kerchief
Kerchief
1941
1941.392
Kerchief
Kerchief
James A. Garfield
1880
1952.309
Kerchief
Kerchief
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952
1952.332
Kerchief
Kerchief
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952
1952.83
Kerchief
Kerchief
Benjamin Harrison
1888
INV.7408
Image Not Available for Two Portraits of Officers and Two Scenes: Raising the Stars and Stripes Over the Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Steamers on the River
Two Portraits of Officers and Two Scenes: Raising the Stars and Stripes Over the Courthouse at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Steamers on the River
Unidentified artist
1863
1945.580.103
Handkerchief
Handkerchief
1941
1941.391
Handkerchief
Handkerchief
Kimball
1952
1952.327
Kerchief
Kerchief
William Henry Harrison
1840
1944.270
Kerchief
Kerchief
George Washington
1889
1941.114
Kerchief
Kerchief
Brico Lifetime Scarf
1941
1941.390
Kerchief
Kerchief
Grover Cleveland
1892
1938.254