Beautiful mint condition vintage Franshaw Washington State map ladies handkerchief. The hankie has a red scalloped edge and the word WASHINGTON is written in red. The state map is surrounded by the state flower - rhododendrons in red. The map includes many cities and places of interest including: Sultan, Yakima Indian reservation, Cascade Mountains, Chewalan, Colville, Seattle, Port Angeles, Bellingham, and many more.  Hankie measures about 13.5" square, unused condition. Hankie has a gold label with the RN number 16153, which was the RN number for Franshaw Handkerchiefs. I looked the number on on US govt website and here are the results.

Souvenir state hankies were a popular item to bring home from vacation in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Franshaw was the most well know maker of state map hankies. Be sure to view our other states!

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