Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1941
Medium
Rayon
Dimensions
Overall: 25 1/2 x 25 in. ( 64.8 x 63.5 cm )
Description
Rayon printed kerchief with famous naval quotations printed all over the center in white on a ground split into two triangles of red and blue; border of naval flags printed in red white and blue.
Credit Line
Gift of Echo Scarfs
Object Number
1941.637
Marks
printed: all over: "WE HAVE THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS/ PERRY - BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE/ IF THAT FELLOW WANTS TO FIGHT WE WON'T DISSAPOINT HIM./ HULL - U.S.S. CONSITUTION 1811/ "NEVER" SURRENDER!/ U.S.S. J.L. LUCKENBACH/ ..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
