Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile of Roosevelt 1912
Title
Printed textile of Roosevelt 1912
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1912
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 25 in. ( 53.3 x 63.5 cm )
Description
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief with a central medallion portrait of Theodore Roosevelt surrounded by a field of white diamonds on a red ground; several white stripe borders; printed in red and sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1926.44
Marks
printed: center: "PROGRESSIVE/ ROOSEVELT/ 19/ 12/ BATTLE FLAG"
printed: lower left corner: "D & C/ NY"
Gallery Label
This kerchief was made for the 1912 Presidential campaign of Teddy Roosevelt.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
