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Kerchief
ca. 1848
1941.103
Cotton
Depicted: C. A. May

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Plate: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Plate: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Object name 
Plate: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Date 
ca. 1942
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Vernon Kilns
Medium 
Whiteware
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. ( 3.2 x 26.4 cm )
Description 
Molded, red transfer printed plate with highlights in red, blue, yellow, and green enamel; border pattern of stars & stripes; central view college with FDR portrait at center, planes and parachutes above and land and sea battle scenes below.
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
1944.217
Marks 
printed: in red below portrait: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt/ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES" printed: in red on back: "THE UNITED STATES...IN ACTION" , "With confidence in our armed forces...", "Decmeber 8, 1941, 12:30 PM, at joint session..", "by /VERNON KILNS/U.S.A"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.