Museum object · Textiles and Quilts
Lavabo towels of white linen in Chaplain Kit of Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley
1939-1944
United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Lavabo towels made of white linen with a cross embroidered in the center of the towel using red thread and a cross stitch. The rectangular towels are hemmed around all four edges with machine stitching. Both towels .1 and .2 are the same.
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2013.205.1.13.1-.2
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