Name/Title
1939 World's Fair pillowcaseEntry/Object ID
2024.1024.2Description
Pillowcase with USS Texas on center top.
For "New York World's Fair"Context
Battleship Texas was flagship of the Training Detachment from June 27, 1937, to September 1, 1939. She made many Midshipman Cruises with students from the Naval Academy throughout this period. She also participated in various neutrality patrols and escort missions in the North Atlantic Ocean from November 1939 to December 7, 1941.
Marvin C. Frame transferred to Battleship Texas on August 23, 1938, as a semaphore operator. He became a QM3c on December 31, 1939, before he left the ship on January 11, 1940. His younger brother, Robert A. Frame, joined the crew of Battleship Texas as an SF3c on September 7, 1940. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marvin reenlisted and briefly returned to Battleship Texas alongside his brother as a QM2c from March 19, 1942, to August 1, 1942. Robert made SF2c on October 1, 1942, and transferred off on December 12, 1942.
Sailors and Marines often bought things from the cities they made port in, regardless of wartime or peacetime.Collection
Collection (Marvin C. Frame), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PillowcaseNomenclature Class
BeddingNomenclature Category
Category 02: Furnishings
