Card, Greeting
- Object Name:
- Card, Greeting
- Object ID:
- 2018.003.27.23
- 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. Blue, green, red, and white ink printed on paper, folded in quarters. Vertical rectangle. Winter scene with holly wreath hanging from white birch tree. Printed inside in green script: "It seems only yesterday / we were wishing you all / the good things in life, / and yet the wish has / strengthened, so we renew / it with a feeling of / personal friendship. / May the season's blessings / and a New Year full of / hope and courage be yours. / Rachel and Sherman Adams"; with image of purple lilac. Printed on back: black-capped chickadee and red hen running from hanging mistletoe, with red text: "THE LILAC IS OUR FLOWER. / THE WHITE BIRCH OUR STATE TREE. / 'LIVE FREE OR DIE' OUR MOTTO. / OUR SEAL - A SHIP FROM SEA. / WHAT MAKES US THINK AND PONDER / IS NOT OUR DESTINY, / BUT THE BIRD FOR OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE, / THE HEN OR CHICKADEE?"
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.4 W-4.65 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. - Subjects:
- Christmas, Christmas cards, Holly, Wreaths, Birch trees, Lilacs, Mistletoe, Chickens, Chickadees, Snow
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