Description

PLEASE NOTE: The photo forms part of the description so please zoom in to see the wear.

• ERA: 1956.
• SIZE: Regular hanky size.
• BRAND: Unknown.
• COLOUR: Cream with green, red, yellow, brown illustrations.
• CONDITION: Fair-good. When held up to the light, the fabric is thin in parts.
• COMPOSITION: Possibly silk. The fabric is diaphanous so highly unlikely it was a working hanky!
• FEATURES: The centre has a map of Australia, with states and territories marked. The corners have illustrations of Olympic stadium, swimming pool, Olympic village and Olympic Park (according to City Collection|City of Melbourne. The perimeter has various athletes.
• BACKGROUND: Beset by late government funding, political boycotts and a punch up, the 1956 games marked some Olympic firsts, including a new tradition of all teams walking together in the closing ceremony.
• CODE: F-E.
• [Photo prop: A fine autumn show being put on by our prunus mume trees - Japanese oboshi plum trees, which were the forerunner of separate apricot and plum trees.]