Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief
Object Number:
2002.1.2457
Date:
1898-1900
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
17 x 17 in.
Description:
This beige handkerchief is embroidered in one corner with crossed flags. One is an American Flag in red, white and blue with a golden yellow pole and the other is the flag of Cuba and has blue and white stripes with a triangular shaped red field with one white star and a yellow pole. Probably issued between 1898 and 1900 to celebrate the end of the Spanish-American War and the installation of a pro-U.S. government in Cuba.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
