Pocket square from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Nottingham Supply and Papercraft Ltd., Canadian
label: Distributed by
content: Turf Cleaners Custom Cleaners and Dyers, Canadian
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A pocket square advertising Turf cleaners from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The pre-made pocket square is a small piece of blue, woven fabric stitched with white thread to a piece of white, heavy stock paper. The fabric is mainly dark blue with some lighter blue stripes woven in. It is attached to the paper with white thread. The paper is rectangular in shape and folded at the bottom. Printed on one side of the paper, at the top, is the name of the dry cleaners, [Turf], printed in large blue text above a matching blue graphic of a racing horse and rider depicted in profile, overlaid on a horseshoe. In front of the horse’s front right hoof is small text that reads [FLASH / 1 HOUR / SERVICE]. Printed blue text below reads [CUSTOM / CLEANERS & DYERS / FLASH! 1 HOUR DRY CLEANING / AND SHIRT SERVICE / COLD STORAGE / CRANG PLAZA / 1620 WILSON AVE. / —241-9981— / ROYAL YORK PLAZA / 1500 ROYAL YORK ROAD / —241-4951— / APPLEWOOD / SHOPPING CENTRE / 1077 NORTH SERVICE ROAD / COOKSVILLE, ONTARIO / —277-1080 — / FOLD TO FIT POCKET[UNDERLINED] / NOTTINGHAM SUPPLY & PAPERCRAFT LTD]. The paper is folded just below [APPLEWOOD / SHOPPING CENTRE]. The back of the paper is blank.
place: label: Place made
content: North York, Ontario, Canada, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.39
objectType: label: Type
content: handkerchiefs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic fiber with ink on card stock
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 5/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/8 in. (16.1 × 8.3 × 2.3 cm)