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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09355.035 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: handkerchief Height: 28.3 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

Pink with white lace border. The handkerchief also has along one end a set of pink flowers sewn into the fabric.

Clapp, George, fl. 1839-1892

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