Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.274.08
- Creator:
- Grover, Frank (1877-1937)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- Drawing of a mail carrier with large load, by Frank Grover (1877-1936), 1909. Vertical ink drawing on back of a postcard. Caricature of the artist carrying an overloaded mailbag, wiping sweat from his face. Pencil inscription on back: "Sara, I am growing / fat, weigh over 170 / Don't this look like me at Union St / corner of Main". Pencil inscription on front: "Nov 2-09 / 'Ours, Alice' ". Addressed in pencil to Mrs. Sara McDuffee, 25 Cabot St., Portsmouth, N.H. Postmarked Rochester, N.H., Nov. 2, 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
- Subjects:
- Mailmen, Postcards, Postal service employees, Caricatures, Cartoons
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