US Air Corps Handkerchief, ca. 1940
date: label: date made
content: 1940-19
label: date made
content: ca. 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Handkerchief; plain weave white cotton; printed design in blue on white; white center with a navy blue border containing a row of white stars, center is accented by a wing and propeller symbol and the words: "U.S. AIR CORPS". Further research necessary to determine if this was meant for wear by an airman or as something to send home as a gift or souvenir.
label: Description
content: ATHM Collection: # 1996.24.844
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Textile History Museum Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0232.37
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0232.37
label: accession number
content: 2017.0232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Handkerchief
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/8 in x 11 7/16 in x 1/16 in; 31.4325 cm x 29.05125 cm x .15875 cm