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Woman's neck scarf: "Wait fer me Mary!!!"
American
early 1940s
Medium/Technique
Rayon
Dimensions
Height x width: 40 x 19 1/2 in. (101.6 x 49.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2342
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionYellow triangle scarf with white fringes on two sides. Text and pictures in red -- "WAIT FER ME MARY," "THE YANKS ARE COMING," etc. Picture of soldier and his girlfriend in center.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)