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1. Embroidered Dish Cloth, c. 1930s - Towel, Dish

   Embroidered Dish Cloth, c. 1930s. Hand-embroidered white fabric dishtowel. Embroidered in the bottom left quadrant with the image of a roast turkey on a black platter. A gray fork is stuck into the turkey and a gray cat is holding onto the fork and carrying a green leaf. The cat has on a white chef's hat. The word "Entree" is embroidered above the scene. Blue marks of a pattern can be seen below the embroidery. The dishtowel is hemmed at the top ...

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2. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side (width wise) are scalloped embroidery. The pattern consists of small subtle 1in. x 1in. roses. Going vertically along the height there are 7 columns of roses every other row is staggered so the roses don't line up to form rows. Embroidered 2in x 1.5in "S" in bottom center.

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3. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side on the bottom has a 0.375in. yellow and white hemstitched border consisting of alternating yellow and white columns. At the top edge there is a hemstitched border with 1/16th in. openings along the width, 1 inch from the top edge. The pattern on the fabric consists of small subtle 1in. x 1in. flowers. There are 6 columns...

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4. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side on the bottom has a 0.5in. pink embroidered border 1inch in from the fabrics edge. At the top edge there is a white hemstitched border with 1/16th x 1/16th inch openings along the width, 1 inch from the top edge. The pattern on the fabric consists of subtle 1in. x 0.75in. ovals. There are 10 columns of ovals. Every other...

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5. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter sides on the top and bottom have a border consisting of 4 straight woven lines 1 inch in from the fabrics edge. There is no pattern on the fabric. The short edges are commercially woven it looks like a sewing machine was used. On the back there is a loop tag that says "CANNON" which extends 0.625in. from the fabric.

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6. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular off-white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side on the top and bottom has 1 inch heather blue edges there is 1/16 inches of hemstitching separating the blue edges and the off white fabric. The pattern is a floral motif 3 to 4 inches wide all the way around the edges of the white fabric. The floral motif also forms a loop in the bottom half of the towel extending 9...

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7. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side on the bottom has a 0.5in. yellow and white embroidered border 1in. in from the fabrics edge. The border consists of a yellow zig zag design with holes on either sides of the zig zag lines. At the top edge there is a white hemstitched border with 1/16th x 1/16th inch openings along the width, 1 inch from the top edge. The...

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8. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side on the bottom has a 0.5in. white embroidered border 1in. in from the fabrics edge. The border consists of a white zig zag design with holes on either sides of the zig zag lines. At the top edge there is a white hemstitched border with 1/16th x 1/16th inch openings along the width, 1 inch from the top edge. The pattern on...

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9. Hand Towel, c. 1920 - Towel, Hand

   Hand Towel, c. 1920. Rectangular white colored hand towel. The long sides (height wise) are selvage edges and the shorter side (width wise) are scalloped embroidery. The pattern consists of small subtle 1in. x 1in. roses. Going vertically along the height there are 7 columns of roses every other row is staggered so the roses don't line up to form rows. Embroidered 2in x 1.5in "S" in bottom center.

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10. Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Hand

    Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen hand towel with hemstitched edge along top. Combined drawn thread work and satin-stitching along bottom edge in brick-like design. No stitching along side edges. Satin-stitched initials "OP" in diamond shape on middle bottom edge.

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11. Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Hand

    Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen hand towel with hemstitched edge along top. Combined drawn thread work and satin-stitching along bottom edge in brick-like design. No stitching along side edges. Satin-stitched initials "OP" in diamond shape on middle bottom edge.

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12. Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Fingertip

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Beige-colored linen fingertip towel. Rectangular in shape. Wide beige hemstitched edges on top and bottom edges. Thin beige hemstitching on side edges. Cross stitched initials "O H P" along bottom edge.

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13. Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Hand

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen hand towel with cream-colored hemstitch edge. Openwork inside edges create design. Cream-colored satin stitched shield with initials topped by crown. Initials read "OPH".

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14. Raychem Golf Towel, c. 1957-1999 - Gear, Golf

    Raychem Golf Towel, c. 1957-1999. White terry cloth golf towel. Terry cloth is sewn from cotton and polyester yarn. Towel is rectangular. Its two shorter sides are fringed. The bottom right corner the word "Raychem" is printed ten times in red paint. It is done in two columns with five words printed in each column. Between the each word is a line printed in tan paint. On the top left corner is a round brass grommet. Looped through the grommet is ...

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15. Towel, Dish c. 1920s - Towel, Dish

    Towel, Dish c. 1920s. White rectangular linen towel with three blue vertical lines on each side. At the bottom, center are three, blue embroidered initials "LMP". From Homestead/Hayward Park school c. 1920s. Brick is mounted on wood stand under plexi dome.

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