Textile: photograph of banner; camp Wadsworth

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 x 19 1/2 in. ( 50.8 x 49.5 cm )
Description: 
Cyanotype print on fabric of a fork-tongued banner tied to an arrow-head pole with an image of a cannon; inscribed above and below image; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line: 
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number: 
1942.82p
Marks: 
printed: on banner: "CAMP/ WADSWORTH/ SPARTANBURG/ S.C."
Gallery Label: 

George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
7118
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Textile: photograph of banner; camp Wadsworth

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 x 19 1/2 in. ( 50.8 x 49.5 cm )
Description: 
Cyanotype print on fabric of a fork-tongued banner tied to an arrow-head pole with an image of a cannon; inscribed above and below image; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line: 
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number: 
1942.82m
Marks: 
printed: in center: "CAMP/ WADSWORTH/ SPARTANBURG/ S.C."
Gallery Label: 

George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
7117
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grace Adele

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 22 3/8 x 34 in. ( 56.8 x 86.4 cm )
Description: 
Cotton chromogenic-printed banner with a photogram of an ivy vine in the center; inscribed "GRACE/ ADELE" above and below; forked tongue; printed in blue on a white ground; white border; metal rings sewn onto top and bottom of left end of the banner.
Credit Line: 
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number: 
1942.82l
Marks: 
printed: center: "GRACE/ ADELE"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
7116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sampler

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1780
Medium: 
Linen, silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 in. ( 21.6 x 20.3 cm )
Description: 
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors of silk thread; horizontal rows of alphabets separated by rows of designs, inscription and floral design at bottom, straight borders on all sides; cross stitched.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge and daughters
Object Number: 
1954.183
Marks: 
embroidered: near bottom in pink floss: "Cornelia Remsen / Worked this in the 6 Year of her / Age"
Gallery Label: 
Cornelia Remsen, daughter of Hendrik Remsen and Cornelia Dickenzon, was christened at the Dutch Reformed Church in New York City in 1769.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1780
eMuseum Object ID: 
7114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scarf: image of man on bike

Classification: 
Date: 
1880-1900
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 21 x 21 1/2 in. ( 53.3 x 54.6 cm )
Description: 
Off-white silk kerchief with an image of a man riding bicycle, copperplate-printed in sepia ink in the lower left corner.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1952.315
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
7112
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scarf: New York Worlds Fair, 1939

Classification: 
Date: 
1939
Medium: 
Rayon
Dimensions: 
Overall: 19 x 20 in. ( 48.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description: 
Rayon printed kerchief with exhibits from the 1939 New York World's Fair including the Trylon and Perisphere, Railroad Building, Marine Transporatation and others; Trylon and Perisphere in two opposite corners; printed in white, red, yellow, and navy on a blue ground; border of navy triangles.
Credit Line: 
Gift of H. Maxson Holloway
Object Number: 
1941.383
Marks: 
printed: all over: "NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939 (4x) Marine/ Transportation/ Means of Production/ hall of Communication/ Perisphere/ and/ TRYLON/ Business Administration/ Administration/ Textile Building/ Railroad Building/ Federal Building" printed: in c
Bibliography: 

Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 439.

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1939
eMuseum Object ID: 
7110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scarf: American symbols

Classification: 
Date: 
1941
Medium: 
Rayon
Dimensions: 
Overall: 25 x 25 in. ( 63.5 x 63.5 cm )
Description: 
Rayon printed kerchief with a spiral of "Americana" symbols including Betsy Ross sewing the flag, slaves, radio towers, Brooklyn Bridge, and bald eagle, with five stars in the corners; printed in red and blue on a white ground; blue border.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Echo Scarfs
Object Number: 
1941.633
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1941
eMuseum Object ID: 
7108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scarf: Navy motif

Classification: 
Date: 
1941
Medium: 
Rayon
Dimensions: 
Overall: 22 x 22 1/2 in. ( 55.9 x 57.2 cm )
Description: 
Cotton printed kerchief with an anchor and stars surrounded by battleships, airplanes, and submarines of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard; printed in red, navy, and light-blue on a white ground; border of anchors and stars.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1941.281
Marks: 
printed: on ships: "U.S./ COAST GUARD/ U.S. NAVY"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1941
eMuseum Object ID: 
7106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Handkerchief: California Gold Centennial 1848-1948

Classification: 
Date: 
1948
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 12 in. ( 30.5 x 30.5 cm )
Description: 
Cotton printed souvenier handkerchief commemorating the cenntenial of the California Gold Rush; image of the state of California with a man panning for gold under two pine trees; printed in gray, blue, green, red, brown, black and gold.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Geraldine Beard
Object Number: 
1950.198
Marks: 
printed: bottom left corner: "1848/ -1948/ California GOLD Centennial"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1948
eMuseum Object ID: 
7099
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bookmark

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1860
Medium: 
Paper, wool
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description: 
Vertical rectangular bookmark embroidered on perforated paper in various colors of wool thread; single rose in center in needlepoint stitch.
Object Number: 
INV.1686
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
7070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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