Poster

Title:

Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Object Name:

Poster

Object ID:

1991.092

Creator:

Frantz Corporate Imaging; Truslow, BillPhotographer; CGC of PortsmouthPrinter

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1991

Description:

Poster, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH, 1991. Color photographs of ten containers in collections of Strawbery Banke, representing different periods from 1690 to 1950, to show continuum of neighborhood life in Portsmouth. Photo captions: top row, left 3 rows: "Tankard, England ca. 1690-1710 / Silver / Thomas Bailey Aldrich." Next illustration top row: "Tamarind Jar West Indies, 1725-1750 / Earthenware / Excavated at Marshall Pottery site". Next top line: "Wine Bottle, England 1730-1755 / Glass / Gift of Ronald Bourgeault". Last top row: "Decanter, England, ca. 1780 / Glass / Gift of Gerrit van der Woude". Middle row left: "Teapot, England, ca. 1830 / Polychrome-painted pearlware / Gift of Ethel Weeks Hanson Second." Middle: "Teapot, Morey and Ober, Boston, 1852-1855 / Britannia metal / Anonymous gift." Bottom row from left: "Vase, decorated by Celia Thaxter, 1880 / Hand-painted earthenware / Gift of Gerrit van der Woude Whiskey Bottle, probably Portsmouth, ca. 1906 / Glass / Gift of David A. Stetson." Next: "Calumet Baking Powder Can, Chicago, ca. 1930-1950 / Tin coated steel / Gift of Dr. Charles E. Burden". Last: "Pitcher, America, ca. 1950 / Glass / Gift of Joan Pearson Watkins". Title at bottom in red: "1690-1950 / STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM / Portsmouth, New Hampshire". At very bottom in title text: "Concept design; Frantz / Corporate Imaging, Rye, NH". Symbol, then "Photography; Bill Truslow Photography, Portsmouth, NH.", then another symbol, then "Separations; COLORTRONIX, Londonderry, NH", then a symbol, then "Production and Printing; CGC of Portsmouth and Laconia, NH".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-23.95 W-17.95 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Richard C. Frantz

Subjects:

Strawbery Banke, Advertisements, Advertising, Posters