Handkerchief with World War II Double V campaign design
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@ National Museum of African American History and Culture
Unidentified
Description
A red, white, and blue linen square handkerchief promoting the Double V campaign of World War II. The white fabric is printed with red and blue dye to create a design of three (3) vertical stripes colored from left to right in red, white, and blue. The blue and red stripes have a block letter "V" in white at the center, with two (2) white five-pointed stars, one each above and below the V. The center white stripe has eight (8) five-pointed stars printed in two colums of four alternating in red and blue. The fabric has a machine-stitched rolled hem and the printed design can be seen on both sides of the fabric.
Synthetic Dye On Linen
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
