Historic New England

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pieces of patterned textiles mounted to off-white mat with pencil inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Leischner, Margaret, 1908-1970 (Artist)

Material: cloth, paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247118

Accession Number: 1984.54.11

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Print in black ink on tissue paper with chalk embellishment and handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, chalk, tissue paper, paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247119

Accession Number: 1984.54.12

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract drawing in black with overlays of blue, yellow-green, and white paint and a thin solid black line at the bottom and artist's signature.

Date: 1953

Maker: Berenbrock, Otto, 1907-1985 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), painting (image-making), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247120

Accession Number: 1984.54.13

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a print with blue, yellow, orange, and pink chalk and paint embellishments mounted on paper and a handwritten inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Teltcher, George Adams, 1904-1983 (Artist)

Material: prints (visual works), ink, paint (coating), chalk, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247121

Accession Number: 1984.54.14

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white printed image, possibly of a charcoal drawing depicting a row of tall trees. Mounted on white card.

Date: 1953

Maker: Tery-Buschmann, Margit, 1892-1977 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247122

Accession Number: 1984.54.15

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black and white photographic prints with handwritten inscriptions.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hoffmann, Hans (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247124

Accession Number: 1984.54.16

Black and white photograph of a larger, multi-story building and a smaller, square building, surrounded by tall trees. Possibly depicts the Basler Sanatorium in Davos. Photograph is mounted on white card with an inscription in black ink at the left of the photograph.

Date: 1953

Maker: Egeler, Ernst, 1908-1978 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247125

Accession Number: 1984.54.17

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black print on white paper mounted on white cards; edges of card are darkened. Print may depict a stylized bridge with other architecture in the background. Inscriptions at bottom left and right corners of print.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink

GUSN: 247126

Accession Number: 1984.54.18

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Four black-and-white photographs affixed to yellow paper affixed to off-white mat. Photographs depict architectural models. Typed inscription along left edge and in lower right hand corner of yellow paper, including artist's signature.

Date: 1953

Maker: Debus, Maximillian, 1904-1981

Material: paper (fiber product), photographic paper, ink

GUSN: 247127

Accession Number: 1984.54.19

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image affixed to abstract ink drawing. Drawing also features dripped and splattered ink. Handwritten inscription in black ink between lines of the drawing.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247129

Accession Number: 1984.54.21

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photographic prints, typed text, blue paper, and oil pastel with a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Mitscherlich, Immeke Alexandra Schollman, 1899-1985 (Artist)

Material: oil pastels, photographic prints, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247130

Accession Number: 1984.54.22

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A birthday card composed of two photographic prints with an inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Rauh, G. (Artist)

Material: black-and-white prints (photographs), ink

GUSN: 247132

Accession Number: 1984.54.23

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photograph and architectural drawings of a "gastehaus" (guesthouse), business card, and black and white photograph of a man mounted on a red-brown mat. Cut pieces of text indicate date and recipient. Small cut image of flowers is affixed above the photograph of a man in th...

Date: 1953

Maker: Singer, Franz, 1896-1954 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247134

Accession Number: 1984.54.24

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photographs and business card from the Royal College of Art. Handwritten inscription on card and in lower right corner of collage. Photographs depict metal objects and a man working at a workstation.

Date: 1953

Maker: Slutzky, Naum J., 1894-1965 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247135

Accession Number: 1984.54.25

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of four layers: a woven textile on top, black and white photograph, a handwritten letter with photograph, and a drawing.

Date: 1953

Maker: Maass, Luise Leonore, 1888-1954 (Artist)

Material: wool (textile), photographic prints, ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247136

Accession Number: 1984.54.26

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with painting with handwritten message on cream paper matted on black paper background.

Date: 1953

Maker: Graeff, Werner, 1901-1978 (Artist)

Material: paint (coating), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247137

Accession Number: 1984.54.27

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with photographs embellished with paint and a handwritten and printed messages

Date: 1953

Maker: Muller, Hermann and Gerda (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paint (coating)

GUSN: 247138

Accession Number: 1984.54.29

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage on blue paper with a teal, white, and black patterned textile at top, paper and textile shapes on strings drawn in ink, and a handwritten message in a pink paper frame.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, textiles

GUSN: 247140

Accession Number: 1984.54.30

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a print and handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Herzger, Walter, 1901-1985 (Artist)

Material: ink, prints (visual works), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247141

Accession Number: 1984.54.31

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photographic print of leaves with handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Dearstyne, Howard, 1903-1979 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247143

Accession Number: 1984.54.32

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph of ceramic vessels mounted on black mat. Typed message on white card affixed to reverse of mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Zogler, Render (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247144

Accession Number: 1984.54.33

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white printed image depicting a book titled "Physical Planning in Israel" by author Arieh Sharon lying on top of a photograph of a building. Handwritten inscription to Walter Gropius from artist located in gray border to the left of image.

Date: 1953

Maker: Sharon, Arieh, 1900-1984 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247145

Accession Number: 1984.54.34

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white printed image, with abstract geometric shapes and text, mounted on off-white mat. Inscription handwritten on mat below image and along left edge of mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247146

Accession Number: 1984.54.35

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white photographic print of artwork featuring a dynamic human stick figure with a handwritten message on the bottom of the print.

Date: 1953

Maker: Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247148

Accession Number: 1984.54.36

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a photographic print, an abstract drawing, and a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Reichle, Paul (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, drawings (visual works), ink, paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 247149

Accession Number: 1984.54.37

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Abstract oil pastel drawing with artist's signature

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: pastels (visual works), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247150

Accession Number: 1984.54.38

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage with a photographic print of a man layered on top of a photographic print of a model of complex of buildings, a handwritten signature, and a strip of red and white striped paper.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hassenpflug, Gustav, 1907-1977 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247151

Accession Number: 1984.54.39

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photographic prints with a business card in top left corner

Date: 1953

Maker: Barthelmess, Claus, 1900- (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, business cards, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247152

Accession Number: 1984.54.40

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A drawing of a building with a tree and a handwritten inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Rossmann, Nelly (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247154

Accession Number: 1984.54.41

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on black card with inscription. Photograph depicts people, building, walkway, and tree overlooking a body of water.

Date: 1953

Maker: Blomeier, Hermann, 1907-1982 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247155

Accession Number: 1984.54.42

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Abstract painting, possibly in gouache, affixed to off-white mat. Pencil inscriptions written to the right of painting. Painting is by Lotte Konnerth, who dies in 1950. The inscription is by Hermann Konnerth.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247156

Accession Number: 1984.54.43

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

The collage is on the inside of a paper folder. The right side of the collage displays a handwritten inscription, business card, and a print mounted on brown paper on a background of cream paper. The left side of the collage has a map of Turkey, three layers of color prints each with two images of ...

Date: 1953

Maker: Moholy-Nagy, Lucia (Artist)

Material: prints (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink, photographic prints

GUSN: 247157

Accession Number: 1984.54.44

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph affixed to grey card with a handwritten inscription. Photograph depicts a topographical/architectural model.

Date: 1953

Maker: Forbat, Alfred, 1897-1972 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, ink

GUSN: 247158

Accession Number: 1984.54.45

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on white mat with inscriptions in black and blue ink.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247159

Accession Number: 1984.54.46

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Front: Map clipping, decorative paper, black and white photographs, and paper with text collaged to a single piece of paper attached to illustration board. Handwritten inscriptions include well wishes and signatures. Back: Printed images and decorative paper in black, white, grey, and red complet...

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, illustration board

GUSN: 247160

Accession Number: 1984.54.50

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Still life painting, possibly watercolor and ink, depicting various marine plants, shells, and small creatures, set in off-white mat. Inscription on border of mat below painting.

Date: 1953

Maker: Shepp, C. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating)

GUSN: 247161

Accession Number: 1984.54.48

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Abstract watercolor painting, possibly depicting aerial view of architectural complex, affixed to off-white mat. Inscriptions in lower left and right corners of painting in red ink; inscription in lower right corner of mat in pencil.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), ink, graphite pencils

GUSN: 247162

Accession Number: 1984.54.49

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with three black and white photographic prints and a signature

Date: 1953

Maker: Tumpel, Wolfgang, 1903-1978 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247164

Accession Number: 1984.54.51

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A colorful picture with a handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Klee, Felix, 1907-1990 (Artist)

Material: pictures (two-dimensional representations), ink, paper (fiber product), painting (image-making)

GUSN: 247165

Accession Number: 1984.54.52

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage with six photographic prints--five photographic prints in a vertical series on the left and one of a man on the right--a handwritten signature, and a strip of yellow and white paper on the right edge

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247166

Accession Number: 1984.54.53

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two white cards with partial black borders affixed to red and white striped decorative paper. Printed inscriptions on both cards.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247167

Accession Number: 1984.54.54

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two drawings with handwritten messages on them framed with cream-colored paper

Date: 1953

Maker: von Ertta, Helmut (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247168

Accession Number: 1984.54.55

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage with a handwritten description and three black and white photographic prints of a staircase in top right corner, a child in the bottom left corner, and a curved rectangular object in the bottom center.

Date: 1953

Maker: Meyer-Waldeck, Wera, 1906- (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247169

Accession Number: 1984.54.56

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white photographic portrait of a man, possibly of artist, collaged on top of larger black-and-white image of a house. Decorative border in blue and white stripes affixed to right side of image.

Date: 1953

Maker: Schleifer, Fritz, 1903-1977 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, photographic paper

GUSN: 247170

Accession Number: 1984.54.58

Chippendale Side Chair

One of a pair of Chippendale side chairs; serpentine crest with rounded shoulders and spurs along the lower edge; pierced splat with a pair of openwork scrolls above an inverted heart; over-the-rail upholstery; straight molded front legs; straight H-stretchers and rear stretcher with rounded top edg...

Date: 1760-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 246148

Accession Number: 1990.189

Football

Roundish, rubber football; won by the Oneida Football Club of Boston in 1863.

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: rubber (material)

GUSN: 246154

Accession Number: 1922.768

Collection of Baseball Related Objects

Collection of baseball related objects including a jersey, hat, uniform pants, socks, and a glove.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246186

Accession Number: 2002.30.1

Baseball Shirt

Child's cotton/polyester blend green short sleeve baseball shirt. Two button on the front. The word "Athletics" in yellow letters across the front of the shirt. "CRAFTSMEN PIANO REBUILDERS / 9" on the reverse side of the shirt.

Date: ca. 1998

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), polyester

GUSN: 246191

Accession Number: 2002.30.1.1

Baseball Pants

Child's black polyester baseball pants. On the back side, there is a pocket with the word "BIKE" on it. Elastic drawstring waist. Tapered elastic cuffs at the bottom of the legs. Zigzag stitching at the front of each leg, where there is padding inside.

Date: ca. 1998

Maker: unknown

Material: polyester

GUSN: 246195

Accession Number: 2002.30.1.2

Baseball pants

Child's polyester grey baseball pants. Elastic waist, and elastic tapered cuffs at the bottom of each leg. Extra padding sewn into the pants at the knees.

Date: ca. 1998

Maker: unknown

Material: polyester

GUSN: 246197

Accession Number: 2002.30.1.3

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