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The Tobacco Institute formed in 1958 as a national tobacco industry trade association funded by cigarette manufacturers. This is a scarf they commissioned to Frankie Welch.

Scarves made for the University of Alabama; used as special gifts for guests. Features multiple features of the campus

Welch designed this scarf for a fundraiser for the Alumni Merit Award scholarships at the University of Virginia. It includes dogwood branches, a stylized Rotunda (used as the university’s logo), and a border that recalls the serpentine walls of…

Frankie Welch scarf made for members of the university’s Presidents Club. It is based on Greek revival architectural details from the ceiling of the UGA’s mid-nineteenth-century Presidents House.

Frankie Welch scarf commissioned by the Georgia Libraries Association. Among the numbers featured on the scarf are the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress call numbers that designate books on Georgia (975.8 and F281).

Frankie Welch posing with her See Georgia First Scarf, which was modeled after her Discover America Scarf

Portrait of Frankie Welch, surrounded by fabrics and items featuring her designs.

Postcard of one of the secondary locations of Frankie Welch of Virginia, the Washington, D.C. location. Daughter Genie Welch is in the foreground and Frankie Welch is in the midground

Frankie Welch on the stairs in front of her shop, Frankie Welch of Virginia

Flyer showing the Point System of Dress devised by Frankie Welch but inspired by the Duchess of Windsor. Welch created it to help women avoid overdressing.