Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Kerchief
Object Number:
2004.6.2
Date:
ca. 1980
Medium:
Acetate
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 7/8 x 27 in. ( 68.3 x 68.6 cm )
Marks:
label: "100% ACETATE/Made in Italy"
Description:
White square kerchief printed in red and blue with Republican party logo of elephant. Inscribed: "(C) Republican National Committee" and "Jack Frost Design."
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was created by Jack Frost Design, the firm responsible for the Republican National Committee logo and graphics for the Ford and Reagan campaigns. The elephant as a symbol of the Republican Party was a product of the imagination of cartoonist Thomas Nast and first appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874.
Credit Line:
Gift of John and Jennifer Monksy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
