T-Shirt
- Object Name:
- T-Shirt
- Object ID:
- 1994.019
- Creator:
- Hugh Meier
Designer - Place of Origin:
- Franklin, NH
- Date:
- 1976-1978
- Description:
- T-shirt with silk-screened design. Dark blue ink on light blue short sleeve tee-shirt. Design shows New Hampshire State House pediment and dome in background, and flag staff with flag in foreground. Flag shown at half-mast, and reads, "HALF-MAST / MEL". Label in shirt includes size, fiber content, washing instructions, and "MADE IN U.S.A." Adult man's size medium.
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- Hugh Meier of Franklin, NH, art teacher at Kearsarge Regional High School, created this shirt as a humorous response to Governor Meldrim Thomson's use of the State House flag to express his political opinion about New Hampshire and national political events. He sent a shirt to Gov. Thomson, who graciously sent him a thank you note that he still has.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of High Meier
- People:
- Meier, Hugh, Thomson, Meldrim (1912-2001)
- Subjects:
- Dome, Flag, Flag Staff, Half-mast, New Hampshire State House, Pediment, Satire, Shirt, State House, T-shirt, Tee-shirt
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