Political campaign textile length, “McCarthy & Peace”; 1968
date: label: Date made
content: 1968
notes: label: Description
content: Fabric length, “McCarthy & Peace”; 1968. Yard goods; white acetate with silkscreened "McCarthy and Peace" campaign slogan print. Acetate fabric is printed with rough, open circles of various sizes in black containing the name "McCarthy" over a stylized banner or ribbon in navy and turquoise. The word "Peace" is also printed in a few of the circles, in black superimposed over navy. The fabric has been roughly pieced together in a couple of places, after the printing process. Apparel and furnishing textiles carrying political and/or commemorative messages have been popular throughout the nation’s history. This one commeorates the 1968 US presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy.
label: Description
content: Dimensions: 72” L X 36” W
label: Description
content: ATHM Collection - # 2011.230.2; gift of Wendy Radin
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: 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: 2017.0232.54
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0232.54
label: accession number
content: 2017.0232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acetate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk-screen printed (overall production method/technique)