Blouse, Escape Map
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Women's long-sleeve button-front spread-collar blouse (shirt) constructed from World War II U.S. Army Air Forces silk fabric escape and evasion maps of western Europe; left breast patch pocket; four plastic buttons down front; single button sleeve cuffs.
label: Summary
content: During World War II many materials were unavailable to the public because of government rationing. This blouse is an inovative example of a woman repurposing the silk escape maps that her husband used while flying combat in Europe.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bernice A. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A20100238000
objectType: label: Type
content: MEMORABILIA-World War II
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Rayon
label: Materials
content: Plastic
label: Materials
content: Thread
label: Dimensions
content: Clothing: 63.5 x 40.6 x 1.3cm (25 x 16 x 1/2 in.)