Fan

Object Name:

Fan

Object ID:

2008.063.02

Creator:

Blanchard Company

Place of Origin:

Aurora, IL

Date:

circa 1925

Description:

Advertising fan. Chromolithographic print on balloon-shaped cardboard. Image of woman at beach, wearing bathing costume and holding a ball; printed on right: "F. P. LYONS IRON WORKS / MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE / ARCHITECTURAL, ORNAMENTAL, IRON WORK OF ALL KINDS / STEEL STRUCTURES AND BRIDGES DESIGNED, / FABRICATED AND ERECTED / MAKERS OF / 'LYONS' TRAILERS"; printed at bottom: " 'SUMMER' / 455". Reverse: advertisement for Lyons Trailers, with image of a car pulling a two-wheel cart, and "The Blanchard Co., Aurora,". Extra thickness of cardboard on back of handle section.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.5 W-8.3 D-0.05 inches

Provenance:

From the James Corson family house, Salmon Falls Road, East Rochester, NH, built 1876. Donor is a descendant of James and Mary (Curtis) Corson, through daughter Edna (1880-1973), who married Seth Alton Capron.

Credit Line:

Gift of Priscilla Bellairs

Subjects:

Advertising, Fans, Chromolithographs, Cars, Automobiles, Trailers, Iron work, Iron construction, Steel, Bathing beauties, Bathing beaches, Bathing