Card, Greeting

Title:

Greetings

Object Name:

Card, Greeting

Object ID:

2018.003.27.21

Creator:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1955

Description:

Christmas card, Old Man of the Mountain, by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. Green, red, and black ink printed on paper, folded in half. Vertical rectangle. Black and white image of Old Man of the Mountain, dated 1805-1955, within green and red holly wreath. "GREETINGS" printed in green at bottom. Printed inside: "Governor and Mrs. Lane Dwinell / wish you all the joys of / a Merry Christmas Day / and every happiness / throughout the New Year"; with New Hampshire State Seal and sprig of holly.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-6.25 W-4.6 inches

Provenance:

Lane Dwinell (1906-1997) was Governor of New Hampshire from 1955 through 1958.

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), Dwinell, Lane (1906-1997)

Subjects:

Christmas, Christmas cards, Old Man of the Mountain, Holly, Wreaths