Cool Breezes: Handheld Fans
in Fashion, Art and Advertising
SPECIAL OCCASION FANS
Breezy Gifts
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Painted White Silk Satin Fan and Box, 1885-1889
Manufactured in New York City by Black, Starr & Frost. Silk, ivory, paint. Gift of Lucy Kate McGlachlin Johnson.
Wisconsin Historical Museum object # 1953.160,a
Painted White Silk Satin Fan and Box, 1885-1889
West Point Military Academy student Edward Fenton McGlachlin gave this fan to his sister, Lucy Kate (McGlachlin) Johnson (b. 1873) of Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
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Painted Daisies White Silk Fan, ca. 1900
Silk, ivory, sequins, paint. Gift of Adele Steinle.
Wisconsin Historical Museum object # 1955.1512
Painted Daisies White Silk Fan, ca. 1900
This fan was a birthday present to Adele Steinle (b. 1870) of Marinette, Wisconsin, probably for her thirtieth birthday.
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Red Cockade Fan, 1895
Cloth. Gift of Mrs. J.R. McCarthy.
Wisconsin Historical Museum object # 1960.132.14
Red Cockade Fan, 1895
Sunday school teacher Eva M. Shepard gave this fan as a Christmas present to her pupil, Ada M. Baker (b. 1879) of Portage, Wisconsin.