Handkerchief with World War II Double V campaign design

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A red, white, and blue linen square handkerchief promoting the Double V campaign of World War II. The white fabric is printed with red and blue dye to create a design of three (3) vertical stripes colored from left to right in red, white, and blue. The blue and red stripes have a block letter "V" in white at the center, with two (2) white five-pointed stars, one each above and below the V. The center white stripe has eight (8) five-pointed stars printed in two colums of four alternating in red and blue. The fabric has a machine-stitched rolled hem and the printed design can be seen on both sides of the fabric.

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