Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2004.043.274.06

Creator:

Grover, Frank (1877-1937)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rochester, NH

Date:

1909

Description:

Drawing of axe and stump, by Frank Grover (1877-1936), 1909. Horizontal pencil sketch on back of a postcard. Depicts axe in stump, with turkey head and blood on ground. Pencil inscription: "Scene of the / Operation the / 25 of this / month / Hoo Ray. / Frank". Addressed in pencil to Mrs. Sara McDuffee, 25 Cabot St., Portsmouth, N.H. Postmarked Rochester, N.H., Nov. 15, 1909.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.25 W-5.5 inches

Provenance:

Drawn by Frank Grover, a postman in Rochester, NH. Mailed to Sarah McDuffee, Portsmouth, NH.

From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan

People:

Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004), Grover, Frank (1877-1936)

Subjects:

Mailmen, Postcards, Postal service employees, Axes, Stumps, Turkeys