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Cotton Handkerchief/Scarf

Cotton Handkerchief/Scarf
Title
Cotton Handkerchief/Scarf
Object name 
Kerchief
Date 
1930-1940
Medium 
Cotton
Dimensions 
Overall: 13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 34.3 x 31.8 cm )
Description 
Cotton block-printed souvenir kerchief with pictorial map of Chicago printed in sepia on a white ground.
Credit Line 
Purchase
Object Number 
1941.340
Marks 
printed: all over: "PRESENTING/ CHICAGO/ TODAY" in script, "The/ host city/ of the/ nation" "LAKE MICHIGAN/ SHEDD AQAURIUM/..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.