Historic New England

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

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

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage signed by the artist consisting of a color print and a black-and-white photographic print mounted on a background of prints of leaves, textiles, string, and fibers. A paper strip of blue and white diagonal stripes forms the right edge of the collage

Date: 1953

Maker: Kranz, Kurt, 1910- (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247171

Accession Number: 1984.54.59

Instruction Book

Original instruction book for the Cataract washing machine also includes tips for home laundering.

Date: 1924

Maker: 1900 Washer Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 250873

Accession Number: 1997.36.2

Painting

Watercolor landscape, framed, of the Coffin House in Newbury, Massachusetts. Painting depicts a brown house at center right with red door, ten windows, and three chimneys; a gray and white fence across the foreground; trees to the left and right of house; and snow on the ground.

Date: 1974-1980

Maker: Haight, Charles T., 1904-1980 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 250874

Accession Number: 1999.67

Chest with Drawer

Joined chest with drawer, applied split spindles and applied moldings on panels on front. Three panels on front, two on sides, four on back.

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 250878

Accession Number: 1976.225

Box

Carved box with hinged lid, two birds and foliage carved on front, punched decoration and incised lines on lid.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 250879

Accession Number: 1977.62

Blanket Chest

No description

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 250880

Accession Number: 1976.200

Nautical Scene with Ship "Exporter"

Nautical scene of the ship "Exporter," oil paint on wood [?]. The square-rigged ship has a black hull and a clipper bow, and flies an American flag and a pennant that reads (backwards) "Exporter". There are a sailing ship and a steam vessel in the background. The frame is black with a gold inset.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 250882

Accession Number: 1999.106

Painting

Wash and gauache on paper. View of front hall of Jewett House in South Berwick, Maine. Staircase on the right, furnishings along the left wall, and door standing open in back. This image was used as an illustration in the novel "Deephaven" by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1893

Maker: Woodbury, Charles Herbert (American painter and etcher, 1864-1940) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 250885

Accession Number: 1999.74

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue transfer print with the words "A Token of Affection" flanked by a boy on the left rolling a hoop, and a seated child on the right playing with a cat. Hand painted blue lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 250894

Accession Number: 1970.1310.120

Women's Crocheted Dress

Dress (A): Lavender cotton; crocheted; short sleeves; scoop neckline with denser scalloped collar-effect; (B) self belt.

Date: 1920s

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting, handmade

GUSN: 250958

Accession Number: 1991.103AB

Women's Silk Dress

Brown/rust silk dress; cap sleeves; bandeau-type neck; striped with bands of geometric motif alternating with plain bands; trimmed with two rows of brown iridescent beads in cremon pattern

Maker: unknown

Material: machine sewing (technique), silk (textile), beads by form

GUSN: 250970

Accession Number: 1991.105

Doll in Orange and Brown Dotted Dress

Doll with composition head; dressed in orange and brown dotted dress.

Maker: unknown

Material: composition (material), cloth, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 250993

Accession Number: 1949.789

Portrait of Maria Willis Thacher

Watercolor portrait of Maria Willis Thacher (1801-1880). Oval gilt frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolors (paintings)

GUSN: 250996

Accession Number: 1942.1149

Doll in Chintz Dress

Doll with composition head; dressed in dot and floral chintz; dark glasses hang around her neck.

Maker: unknown

Material: composition (material), cloth, chintz

GUSN: 250998

Accession Number: 1949.790

Horse-drawn Bell Toy

Metal horse attached to a pair of wheels enclosing a bulbous disc-shaped bell; painted.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paint (coating)

GUSN: 251001

Accession Number: 1949.791

Rollo-chair Toy

Tin rollo-chair being pushed by painted tin male figure wearing a cap and uniform-like outfit with stripes at the cuffs, the lower edge of the jacket and on the inside and outside seams of the pants; covered rollo-chair has three wheels and port holes on either side of the hood.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), paint (coating), wheels (components)

GUSN: 251006

Accession Number: 1949.792

Nautical Scene of English Channel

Oil painting of a ship in the English Channel, chalk cliffs of Dover and Eddystone Light in background. Engraving of Thacher coat of arms pasted on back of canvas.

Maker: Pierce, J. W. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil painting (technique)

GUSN: 251009

Accession Number: 1942.1153

Horseless Carriage Wind-up Toy

Paint-decorated tin horseless carriage toy; an adult male figure with moustache and a child ride facing each other; the carriage has four spoked wheels; thumb screw on the side of the carriage.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, tin (metal), paint (coating)

GUSN: 251013

Accession Number: 1949.793

Alphabet Cards

Thick paper cards imprinted with letters of the alphabet, brief verse, and an illustration of a flower or other vegetation.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, printing (process)

GUSN: 251019

Accession Number: 1949.794

Alphabet Blocks

Alphabet blocks with images of animals and their names: "FROG" and "WREN"; the third block is narrower than the other two and depicts a cat, without a name. The blocks are wider than they are deep; appear to be wood covered in printed paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), printing (process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 251024

Accession Number: 1949.795.1-3

Toy Fire Engine

Metal fire engine with six wheels with open spokes; vertical cylinder-shaped engine, dome-shaped, knop-topped; driven by seated fireman in fireman's hat and uniform; drawn by three horses; painted.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paint (coating)

GUSN: 251028

Accession Number: 1949.796

Ice Wagon Pull Toy

Metal ice wagon pull toy with six wheels; male driver wearing a hat; drawn by two horses.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, moving (operational attribute)

GUSN: 251031

Accession Number: 1949.797

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