Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.274.09
- Creator:
- Grover, Frank (1877-1937)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1910
- Description:
- Drawing of a mail carrier, by Frank Grover (1877-1936), 1910. Vertical ink drawing on back of a postcard. Caricature of the artist carrying a mailbag and a rolled paper marked "#2 UNION ST." Ink inscription on back: "2/6-10 / Sara / Will I ever forget / 2 Union St. / Frank." Ink inscription on front: "Regards to May & Willard / 'and say' the kid too". Addressed in ink to Mrs. Sara McDuffee, 25 Cabot St., Portsmouth, N.H. Postmarked Rochester, N.H., Feb. 7, 1910.
- 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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