Indiana Dish Towel by Catstudio

Item #: CATST-022

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Indiana Dish Towel by Catstudio

This original design celebrates the great State of Indiana - from Madison to Muncie to Lake Michigan!

The design is silk-screened, then framed with a hand embroidered border on a 100% cotton dish towel/hand towel/guest towel/bar towel. Three stripes down both sides and hand dyed rick-rack at the top and bottom add a charming vintage touch. Delightfully presented in a fab organdy re-usable pouch!

  • 100% Cotton
  • Machine wash cold and line dry
  • Packaged in organdy pouch
  • Measures 20" x 29"


Fun Facts:
  • The first city in the United States to use electric streetlights was Wabash, Indiana (the year was 1880).
  • The Raggedy Ann doll was created by Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis, Indiana in 1914.
  • James Dean was born in Marion, Indiana where there now stands a museum dedicated to his life.
  • Indiana is considered a Great Lakes State despite the fact that it has only 40 miles of shoreline (Lake Michigan).
  • The only man-made white-water raceway in North America is the East Race Waterway in south Bend, Indiana.
  • The Indianapolis 500 is the largest single day sporting event in the world.
  • Sarah Breedlove became the first self-made female millionaire in the United States. She amassed her wealth in the 1910s through her cosmetics company "Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company of Indiana, Inc" located in Indianapolis. She was also a civil rights activist and traveled to the white house in 1917 to petition Pres.Woodrow Wilson to make lynching a federal crime.
  • The origins of the term "Hoosier" are still a mystery. Since the early 1800s Indiana's residents have been known as "Hoosiers."
  • The Indiana state fairgrounds has a "walk of legends" with hand prints of famous Indiana public figures.
  • The name "Indiana" is latin for 'land of the Indians.'
  • The famous singer/songwriter John Mellencamp was born in Seymour, Indiana and is a current resident of Bloomington (he is one of the most famous Hoosiers).
  • The world's first theme park opened in Santa Claus, Indiana in 1946. "Santa Claus Land" opened 9 years prior to Disneyland.
  • Garfield comics creator Jim Davis is from Marion, Indiana.
  • Southern Indiana contains a subterranean sea of Limestone (the largest concentrated deposit in the world).
Size:
20"x29"
color:
Multi
material:
Cotton
features:
Hand Crafted