Scarf

Object number2008.153.18

Date1909

MediumSilk

Credit LineGift of Lida Stell

DescriptionSilk scarf with red printed rectangles and circles on border. In center, screen-printed image of photograph of Fort Pitt Block House with commemorative text above and below photo.Dimensions17.5 x 18.5 in. (44.5 x 47 cm)
InscriptionsFront has text above photo: "Sesqui-Centennial; / SOUVENIR" [sic]; below photo, "1758 FORT PITT 1909".
Historical NotesDonor Lida Stell was born and raised in Braddock, Pennsylvania and the items in this collection relate to both her family and local Braddock history. The donor’s father is James Oliver Haney, b. 1883 in the Southside. He was the local mail carrier in Braddock and a member of the Carnegie Club. In 1910, he married Margaret Mason Haney who moved to Braddock when she was nine from Tarentum.

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