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Handkerchief: Remember Pearl Harbor
British
early 1940s
Medium/Technique
Cotton
Dimensions
Height x width: 12 x 11 in. (30.5 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2365
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite hankerchief with blue/red border. White ribbon makes a diamond inside the border and repeats the slogan: "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR." There are three anchors in each corner. One large ship and several small ships in sea and clouds above painted in the center of the ribbon-diamond shape.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)