Pillow cover and mailer
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- Created Date
- 1943-12-03
- Description
Three images showing the top side and backing of a World War II era souvenir pillow cover along with the cardboard mailer in which it was packaged. Made of dark blue satin-type fabric and measuring 16 1/2" x 18" with a 2" gold fringe around all four sides, the pillow cover has a gold flocked imprint "U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES... MARCH FIELD, CALIFORNIA" above and below a gold flocked design of spread wings with shield emblem over three stars. The backing is stitched along all edges except the bottom, which is open to receive a pillow. The cardboard mailer, bearing two three-cent United States postage stamps and several strips of clear tape covering small tears, measures approximately 11 3/4" x 6" x 3/4". It has a printed decorative border around all four edges of the top, with an imprinted "greeting" heading a space for a return address. Pillow covers were made to be souvenirs for servicemen to send or bring home to mothers, wives, sisters, and sweethearts. This is an example of a "location
Image is copyright 2006 YCI Imaging. These images may be reproduced for educational purposes only.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Type
- image
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- Pillow cover and mailer. 1943-12-03. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XBYLMISDUJM6B83. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1943-12-03) Pillow cover and mailer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XBYLMISDUJM6B83
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XBYLMISDUJM6B83>.