Old Town, Maine Souvenir "Mother" Acrostic Poem [1960s approx.]
Decorative Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2023.20
Description
A square of synthetic pink fabric with a pink fringe, meant to be displayed on a wall or surface. Images depicting two stereotypical Native American people (a girl with a wooden bow and feathered headband and a man in profile, wearing a war bonnet), and miscellaneous nature scenes (a log cabin in pine woods, deer, a horse by a river) surround the center text. That text reads, "Old Town, Maine" and featues the following acrostic poem about mothers: "M is for the million things she gave me / O means only that she's growing old / T is for the tears she's shed to save me / H is for her heart of purest gold / E is for her eyes with love light shining / R means right and right she'll always be / Put them all together / they spell Mother / A word that means the world to me." Materials used and design suggest this was made in the 1960s.