Colored Fifinella patch

Title

Colored Fifinella patch

Subject

Armed Forces--Mascots; United States. Army Air Forces; Walt Disney Company; Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Women.

Description

Circular fabric patch outlined in blue thread. The patch features a full color image of Fifinella imposed on a white background. It reads "W.A.S.P. Women Airforce Service Pilots WW II." Fifinella was a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney for a proposed film based on Roald Dahl's book "The Gremlins". The WASPs were granted the rights to use this image as their mascot by the Walt Disney Company.

Source

Elizabeth McGeorge Sullivan (1938) Papers

Publisher

C. Elizabeth Boyd '33 Archives, Wilson College

Date

1943

Rights

For information on copyright or permissions for this collection, contact the C. Elizabeth Boyd '33 Archives.

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Image

Identifier

16387586

Files

16387586-WASPFifinellaPatch.JPG

Citation

“Colored Fifinella patch,” Hankey Center for the History of Women's Education, accessed November 21, 2024, https://exhibits.wilson.edu/items/show/746.