Advanced Search 
Woman's scarf: Front page news about victory in Japan
American
1940s
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
Length x width: 42.5 x 42.5 cm (16 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2308
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFront pages of "Stars and Stripes" and "Mainichi" newspapers with stories about the Allied victory in Japan; black printing on white ground.
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)