Card, Greeting

Object Name:

Card, Greeting

Object ID:

2018.003.27.22

Creator:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1949-1952

Description:

Christmas card, Governor Sherman Adams, by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. Green, red, and gold ink printed on paper, folded in quarters. Horizontal rectangle. Gold state seal within green and red holly wreath. Printed inside in red script: "That this holiday season / and the year ahead / be filled with blessings / is my wish for you. / Rachel Adams / May this Christmas be / brighter and the New Year / happier for you / Sherman Adams"; green and red holly border. Printed in green on back: "WORKSHOP".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.8 W-5.8 inches

Provenance:

Sherman Adams (1899-1986) was Governor of New Hampshire from 1949 through 1952.

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), Adams, Sherman (1899-1986)

Subjects:

Christmas, Christmas cards, Holly, Wreaths, State seal (NH)