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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1876

GUSN

GUSN-33960

Description

Black handle; picture of Martha Washington in sepia tones on rigid paper leaf; reverse is printed w/ poem framed in leaf wreath and American flag.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
wood (plant material)
centennials
flags
portraits
Unidentified Paper
Transfer Printed
Flag
Centennial
Portrait
FAN

Associated Person

Washington, Martha, 1732-1802

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1931.570

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