Summary

This handkerchief was produced as a souvenir of a voyage on the RMS Samaria, which was transatlantic ocean liner built for Cunard Line in the early 1920s. During the Second World War it was used as a troopship by the Royal Navy. The ship was eventually scraped in 1956.

It belonged to Emily Hannah Francis, of Garden City, and was part of a collection of 145 souvenir and commemorative handkerchiefs put together by Emily, sent to her by pen friends from around the world, up to her death in 1943.

Physical Description

Square cloth handkerchief with an embroidered design in one corner, and lace edging.

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