Bag
- Object Name:
- Bag
- Object ID:
- 2024.044
- Creator:
- Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971) -- Illustrator
- Date:
- 1946-1971
- Description:
- Bag. Brown paper bag with printed advertisements on both sides in blue and orange designed by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971). The bag was made for New Hampshire Potatoes on behalf of the New Hampshire State Planning & Development Commission. The print displays Chippa Granite winking and wearing a raccoon hat while harvesting potatoes in a basket. The text reads, "FIRST / IN THE / NATION / POTATOES WERE FIRST GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY / AT LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 1790 / USDA YEARBOOK 1937 / STILL THE BEST / NEW HAMPSHIRE / POTATOES / NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION." The opposite side of the bag has a map of New Hampshire with the text, "New Hampshire / U.S. NO. 1 / 2 IN. MIN. / 15 LBS. / NET / Agricultural / Service inc."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-20 W-8.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert Chase
- People:
- Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)
- Subjects:
- Chippa Granite, Potatoes, Agriculture, Farming
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