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Towel

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Dundee Mills, (Griffin, Georgia)

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Printed terry cloth towel. At top- "Smile America, It's your Birthday" and at bottom "We the People" on a scroll next to a quill pen in ink pot and "1776-1976". The central section red and blue stripes on the white fabric.

Credit Line

GIft of Dundee Mills

Date

1976

Accession Number

1976-12-1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

printed, dyed & painted textiles
Towel

Medium

Material: cotton Technique: printed on terry cloth

Dimensions

H x W: 113 × 58.5 cm (44 1/2 × 23 1/16 in.)

made in

Griffin, Georgia, USA

See more items in

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e1ca7c5e-8ad3-4f12-9d6d-0f572e5136ac

Record ID

chndm_1976-12-1

Discover More

print showing the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the U.S. Capitol 1776 to 1976

1976 Bicentennial of American Independence

4th of July

Independence Day: July 4th

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