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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1976-1980

GUSN

GUSN-26706

Description

Den Mother handkerchief. Blue and yellow printed cotton. Images of boy scouts doing various activites: salute, swimming, planting tree, singing, mowing the lawn, feeding rabbits, dancing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
cotton (textile)
transfer printing
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Printed on front: ""CUB/ SCOUTS/ BSA"" ""BOBCAT/ CUB SCOUTS B.S.A.""

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 1/2 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Surabian

Accession Number

2001.102

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