Block, Printing
- Object Name:
- Block, Printing
- Object ID:
- 1994.008.15
- Creator:
- Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1925-1940
- Description:
- Printing block for personal card, possibly after a drawing by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1925-1940. Metal plate on wood block, wrapped in brown paper. Printed image on brown paper; white trees with village in background; only roofs visible and tall column of smoke. Tape label on corners: "Bridge & Byron / PRINTERS / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE".
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-4 D-0.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Minot Hill is treasurer of the Pierce Brigade. The Pierce Brigade offered the Marjorie Sturm collection for sale to NHHS, September, 1993.
Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), lifelong resident of Concord, NH, was a painter and commercial illustrator. Accomplishments include greeting card designs for Hallmark, numerous maps and brochures, a painting of John Farmer (1945.8), magazine covers, as well as book illustration (Needle in Hand, Martha Stearns, 1950). - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Snow
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