Kerchief
1952
Place madeUnited States, North America
Silk
Overall: 32 1/2 x 32 in. ( 82.6 x 81.3 cm )
Purchase
1952.272
DescriptionSilk printed kerchief with a central image of the White House (presidential home) within a circle of banners, surrounded by medallion portraits of all the presidents through Harry Truman; the Liberty Bell and American bald eagle armorials in the corners; printed in red, blue, black and grey on a white ground.Markingsprinted: all over: "WHITE HOUSE/ GEORGE WASHINGTON/ JOHN ADAMS/ THOS. JEFFERSON/ JAMES MADISON/ JAMES MONROE/ JOHN Q ADAMS/ ANDREW JACKSON/ JAMES VAN BUREN/ WILLIAM H HARRISON/ JOHN TYLER/ JAMES K POLK/ ZACHARY TAYLOR/ MILLARD FILLMORE/ FRANKLIN PIERCE/ JAMES BUCHANAN/ ABRAHAM LINCOLN/ ANDREW JOHNSON/ ULYSEES S GRANT/ RUTHERFORD B HAYES/ J A GARFIELD/ CHESTER A ARTHUR/ GROVER CLEVELAND/ BENJAMIN HARRISON/ GROVER CLEVELAND/ WILLIAM McKINLEY/ THEODORE ROOSEVELT/ WM. TAFT/ WOODROW WILSON/ WARREN HARDING/ CALVIN COOLIDGE/ HERBERT HOOVER/ FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT/ HARRY S TRUMAN"
ClassificationsTEXTILES
