Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
1937.1237
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object name
Kerchief
Date
ca. 1980
Medium
Acetate
Dimensions
Overall: 26 7/8 x 27 in. ( 68.3 x 68.6 cm )
Description
White square kerchief printed in red and blue with Republican party logo of elephant. Inscribed: "(C) Republican National Committee" and "Jack Frost Design."
Credit Line
Gift of John and Jennifer Monksy
Object Number
2004.6.2
Marks
label: "100% ACETATE/Made in Italy"
Gallery Label
This kerchief was created by Jack Frost Design, the firm responsible for the Republican National Committee logo and graphics for the Ford and Reagan campaigns. The elephant as a symbol of the Republican Party was a product of the imagination of cartoonist Thomas Nast and first appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
