Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief: California Gold Centennial 1848-1948
Title
Handkerchief: California Gold Centennial 1848-1948
Object name
Handkerchief
Date
1948
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 12 in. ( 30.5 x 30.5 cm )
Description
Cotton printed souvenier handkerchief commemorating the cenntenial of the California gold rush; image of the state of California with a man panning for gold under two pine trees; printed in gray, blue, green, red, brown, black and gold.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Geraldine Beard
Object Number
1950.198
Marks
printed: bottom left corner: "1848/ -1948/ California GOLD Centennial"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
