Handkerchief, Owney Madden's

 
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Owney Madden's Hankerchief
Handkerchief, Owney Madden's
Owney Madden's Hankerchief
Owney Madden's Hankerchief

Handkerchief, Owney Madden's

Object number2008.201.03
Dateca 1935
Mediumcotton
Dimensions15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionOwney Madden's Hankerchief. Owen Vincent “Owney” Madden was a gangster and underworld boss in New York City in the 1920s who retired to Hot Springs (Garland County) in the 1930s. Though his role in Arkansas politics and history will forever remain enigmatic, he was a powerful figure (from about 1935 until his death) during the heyday of illegal gambling in Hot Springs and an emblem of the bad old days of machine politics.

Courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1702


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