Textile/bandana: "THE/ HERO/ OF/ MANILA/ ADMIRAL DEWEY"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 x 26 in. ( 60.3 x 66 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed red, white, and blue striped kerchief with garlanded portrait of Admiral George Dewey, flanked by the American flag and an admiral's flag; printed in red, blue, gold, and olive-drab on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1943.419
Marks:
printed: center: "THE/ HERO/ OF/ MANILA/ ADMIRAL DEWEY"
Gallery Label:
Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), depicted on the kerchief, executed the capture of Manila in 1898, during the Spanish-American War. This victory made the U.S. the principle naval power in the East. He returned home to great parades and ovations in New York and elsewhere; this kerchief is a souvenir of one of those events.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
28982
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: map of New York State
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 21 3/4 in. ( 55.9 x 55.2 cm )
Description:
Printed rayon kerchief with pictorial map of New York State with significant towns and universities identified; below the map are the state flower and seal; printed in red, blue, and green on a white ground; blue border; fringed edge.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.609
Marks:
printed: all over: "Empire State/ NEW YORK/ ALBANY/ HUDSON RIVER/ CATSKILL/ POUGHKEEPSIE/ VASSAR COLLEGE/ ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28981
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
U.S.S. Constitution
Classification:
Date:
1949
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. ( 85.1 x 82.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed kerchief with an image of the frigate U.S.S. Constitution at full sail; printed in teal, light-blue and black on a white ground; paper label attatched at lower right corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edgar C. Hyman Co., Inc.
Object Number:
1949.143
Marks:
printed: lower right corner: "Echo"
printed: on label: "ECHO Originations/ I.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF."
Gallery Label:
The frigate U.S.S. Constitution, built in 1793, is the oldest commissioned battleship in the U.S. Naval fleet. It is currently docked at the Charlestown Naval Yard, Charlestown, MA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1949
eMuseum Object ID:
28973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: portrait George Washington
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 3/4 x 31 in. ( 80.6 x 78.7 cm )
Description:
Silk screen-printed kerchief with a portrait of George Washington (bust), printed in white on a red ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edgar C. Hyman
Object Number:
1941.888
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28971
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1952
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/2 x 32 in. ( 82.6 x 81.3 cm )
Description:
Silk printed kerchief with a central image of the White House (presidential home) within a circle of banners, surrounded by medallion portraits of all the presidents through Harry Truman; the Liberty Bell and American bald eagle armorials in the corners; printed in red, blue, black and grey on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.272
Marks:
printed: all over: "WHITE HOUSE/ GEORGE WASHINGTON/ JOHN ADAMS/ THOS. JEFFERSON/ JAMES MADISON/ JAMES MONROE/ JOHN Q ADAMS/ ANDREW JACKSON/ JAMES VAN BUREN/ WILLIAM H HARRISON/ JOHN TYLER/ JAMES K POLK/ ZACHARY TAYLOR/ MILLARD FILLMORE/ FRANKLIN PIERCE/ J
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
28969
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. ( 46.4 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
White cambric handkerchief with hand embroidered whitework monogram and scalloped edge finished in buttonhole stitch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Object Number:
1969.62.6
Marks:
embroidered: at one corner: "E. L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28967
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photographs of NY
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1951
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 x 35 1/4 in. ( 99.1 x 89.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed yardage with a montage of photographic views of New York City: Brooklyn Bridge, Aquarium, Grant's Tomb, Old Penn Station, Statue of Liberty, Chrystler Building, Woolworth Building and Fifth Avenue; printed in violet on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John S. Kebabian
Object Number:
1951.330
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1951
eMuseum Object ID:
28965
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doily
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 13 in. ( 32.4 x 33 cm )
Description:
Lace doily with a circle and star pattern; scalloped cotton square in the center; scalloped edges.
Object Number:
Z.1120.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28964
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Pan American Exposition, 1901
Classification:
Date:
1901
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. ( 52.7 x 52.7 cm )
Description:
Square silk commemorative kerchief with studded brocading bordering all sides, woven picture in the center depicting the Electric Tower of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, 1901; a hot-air balloon floats in the sky to the left, a water fountain is situated in front of the structure, and a milling
crowd fills the foreground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1968.16
Gallery Label:
The term "Pan-American" dates back to 1889 to express a relationship between the independent republics in both North and South America. "Pan-Americanism" as a movement for greater cooperation among the Pan-American nations dates back to 1901, the year of Buffalo's Exposition.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1901
eMuseum Object ID:
28956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf:...Adm. Dewey, w/photo image
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1899
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 18 in. ( 43.8 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
White silk kerchief with a medallion portrait of Admiral George Dewey printed above two crossed American flags in the lower right corner; printed in red, blue, and black ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ruth Ralston
Object Number:
1942.113
Marks:
printed: above portrait: "THE HERO OF MANILLA/ ADM. DEWEY U.S.A."
Gallery Label:
Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), depicted on the kerchief, executed the capture of Manila in 1898, during the Spanish-American War. This victory made the U.S. the principle naval power in the east. He returned home to great parades and ovations in New York and elsewhere; this kerchief is a souvenir of one of those events.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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