Name/Title
HandkerchiefEntry/Object ID
2016.22.1Description
Souvenir woman's handkerchief, white cotton with rosy-pink scalloped border, marked "Knoxville, Tennessee" in script below illustration of two iris blossoms [state flower], black on white illustrated regional scenes/attractions with pale-blue skies--"Oak Ridge / City of the Atomic Bomb" in script at upper left - shows numerous small buildings with car on road at front and ridgeline behind, "Newfound Gap & / Laura S. Rockefeller Memorial / Great Smoky Mts. Nat. Park" at right corner - shows view from above memorial looking out to the landscape, "Ayres Hall, University of Tennessee" at center - view toward window with tree to right, "Shields-Watkins Stadium*" (below center) - football game with players on field and fans in bleachers, "Mt. Le Conte / Great Smoky Mts. Nat. Park" - mountains at distance with evergreens in foreground and "Norris Dam" at lower corners- dam with hills and trees around it, 13 1/4" square, probably 1940s-1950s*.
* In 1962, the stadium was renamed Neyland Stadium in honor of General Robert Neyland, the recently deceased former athletic director and coach.Made/Created
Manufacturer
UnknownDate made
1945 - 1962Dimensions
Height
13-1/4 inWidth
13-1/4 in