Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Handkerchief
Object Number:
INV.6732.2
Date:
1952 or 1956
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. ( 41.9 x 42.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: all over (x12): "STEVENSON"
Description:
White silk campaign handkerchief of Adlai Stevenson printed "STEVENSON" twelve times in red and blue ink.
Gallery Label:
Democrat Adlai Stevenson ran against Dwight D. Eisenhower in the presidential campaigns of 1952 and 1956, losing to Eisenhower both times.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
