World War I Souvenir Handkerchief, France, 1918
date: label: date made
content: 1918
notes: label: Description
content: World War I Souvenir Handkerchief, France, 1918. Silk handkerchief, pale pink with a lace trim (about one inch wide); in one corner of the silk there is embroidery with the words, "Souvenir de France, also "1918" is embroidered in mostly red, white and blue (showing flag designs within the numbers). Dimensions: Approx. 14” square
label: Description
content: Personal mementos such as this handkerchief, sent or brought home by soldiers from the theater of war they served in, represent not only the efforts of citizens in the midst of the fighting to maintain a livelihood, but the need for those doing the fighting to maintain ties with those they left behind..
label: Description
content: ATHM Collection - # 1996.62.3; Gift of M. Eleanore Porter
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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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: 2017.0232.38
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0232.38
label: accession number
content: 2017.0232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Handkerchief
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 13 7/8 in x 1/32 in; 33.655 cm x 35.2425 cm x .07938 cm