Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.143
- Date:
- 1877
- Description:
- Folding fan, advertising. Pleated paper leaf on split bamboo sticks. Black printed text: "COMPLIMENTS OF / O'SHEA BROS. / OPENING DAY, / Saturday, May 26th, 1877." Decorated with colored print of blue sky, sun, and yellow bird on branch with red flowers. Reverse is plain gray.
- Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-7.7 W-14 D-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The O'Shea Brothers dry goods store was established in Laconia, NH, in 1875 by Dennis O'Shea and his oldest brother John. The store expanded in the spring of 1877 and again in 1878. Growth continued in the 1880s, when it became the "largest store in the state."
Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Fans (Accessories), Birds, Advertisements, Advertising, Dry goods stores
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