Card, Greeting

Title:

Merry Christmas

Object Name:

Card, Greeting

Object ID:

2018.003.27.07

Creator:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1950-1970

Description:

Christmas card, Merry Christmas, by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. Red ink printed on paper, folded in quarters. Horizontal rectangle. Woman (presumably the artist) seated in foreground in hospital room, cigarette in her hand, the smoke forming the words "Merry / Christmas". Empty bed, surprised nurse, and small Christmas tree in background. No text inside.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.25 W-5.5 inches

Provenance:

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.

People:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971), Hancock, Mary Louise (1920-2017)

Subjects:

Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas trees, Hospitals, Nurses