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Calendar

Object Name:
Calendar
Object ID:
2017.014.111
Creator:
Instrument Make
Date:
1900-1925
Description:
Desk calendar. Yellow celluloid calendar with two rotating discs. One has numbers 1 to 31, the other has three-letter abbreviations of the twelve months. Cut outs in front show month and day. Round face of calendar has flower and vine pattern, and text "From January / To December / Each Day With Joy / May You / Remember". Small feet at 5 and 7 o'clock positions and bipod off back keep calendar upright.
Material:
Celluloid
Dimensions:
H-2.9 W-2.9 D-1.7 inches
Provenance:
Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
Subjects:
Calendars
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