Card, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Card, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.75
- Creator:
- Osborne Register Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date:
- 1946
- Description:
- Card, aluminum, in vinyl case. Card is miniature version of U.S. Savings Bond except for center text: "IN APPRECIATION OF VOLUNTEER / SERVICE IN FINANCING WORLD / WAR II THROUGH SALE OF UNITED / STATES BONDS TO 85,000,000 / AMERICANS", and "ISSUE DATE / JANUARY / 1946". Image of Daniel Chester French's Minute Man statue. Reverse lists war bonds, dates, and sales. Tiny letters at base, "OSBORNE REGISTER CO. CINCINNATI". Card (.1) in form-fitted black vinyl case (.2).
- Material:
- Metal
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-1.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
- People:
- Chworowsky, Jane (1929-1993)
- Subjects:
- World War II, War bonds and funds, Minutemen (Militia)
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