Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.274.11
- Creator:
- Grover, Frank (1877-1937)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1906
- Description:
- Drawing of a Gibson girl, by Frank Grover (1877-1936), 1906. Vertical ink and crayon drawing on back of a postcard. Depicts woman wearing large blue hat and blue high-necked garment. Ink inscription: "Congratulations / K&G." Also signed "G&K". Addressed in ink to Mrs. Sarah McDuffee, Union & N. Main St., Rochester, N.H. Postmarked Boomtown, NV, Oct. 9, 1906.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-5.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Drawn by Frank Grover, a postman in Rochester, NH. Mailed to Sarah McDuffee, Rochester, NH, from Boomtown (Reno), Nevada.
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, Gibson girls, Hats
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