- Title:
- I look forward to a great future for America
- Object Name:
- Object ID:
- 2018.003.26
- Creator:
- Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1965
- Description:
- Print of John F. Kennedy and family, by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH, 1965. Brown ink on white paper. From a pencil drawing. Vertical rectangle. Depicts President John F. Kennedy driving an open vehicle with eight children aboard, including one on his lap. Text printed below: "'I look forward to a great future for America...an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past, and which will build handsome and balanced cities for the future.' JOHN F. KENNEDY" (from speech at Amherst College, October 26, 1963).
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-11 inches
- Provenance:
- Published as the frontispiece in "New Hampshire Outdoor Recreation Plan," State Department of Planning, 1965.
The donor was director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, for which her friend Alice Cosgrove worked.
Artist Alice (Ericson) Cosgrove (1909-1971) was born in Concord and studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston after graduating from Concord High School in 1925. After completing school she married fellow artist Roland Cosgrove and settled in Boston. Alice Cosgrove returned to Concord and found work through the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project in 1935. During World War II she worked for Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works designing precision dials for equipment. In 1946, Cosgrove began working for the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, designing and producing a wide variety of promotional materials for the state. She is best remembered for her design of "Chippa Granite," the wholesome, freckled boy who was the face of New Hampshire tourism for more than a decade. Cosgrove retired and died in 1971. - Subjects:
- Kennedy, John F., Outdoor recreation
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