Invitation to The Boston Bicentennial 200th anniversary year & events list...Along The Freedom Trail and in other communities of the Commonwealth during the BIG year 1975, executive planning calendar, edited by Jack Frost, Hawthorne Press, North Scituate, Mass., 1975

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Date

1975

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GUSN-367196

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Invitation to The Boston Bicentennial 200th anniversary year & events list...Along The Freedom Trail and in other communities of the Commonwealth during the BIG year 1975, executive planning calendar, edited by Jack Frost, Hawthorne Press, North Scituate, Mass., 1975
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Description

1975 executive planning calendar published by Hawthorne Press, based in North Scituate, Massachusetts. Calendar was edited and designed by illustrator Jack Frost. Promotes events celebrating Boston's bicentennial, both in Boston, Massachusetts, and in the cities surrounding communities.

Each page features an illustration of a historic building in Boston with an accompanying description of its history. All illustrations were drawn by Jack Frost. Each page also promotes a list of a dozen companies based in Boston which are sponsoring the bicentennial and its accompanying events. The front cover reads: "Annual 'Famous Firms' Annual Planner--1st Edition." An illustration of the U.S.S. Constitution is featured on the front cover. The back cover features a print of a list of examples of early American architecture about Boston, provided courtesy of the Bostonian Society.

Details

Descriptive Terms

calendars
promotions (events)
illustrations (layout features)
historic buildings
advertising
business (commercial function)
calendars
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 calendar ; 8 1/2 x 11 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP001.13.08.016

Credit Line

Gift of Kate Hooper, 2023

Places

North Scituate (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Hawthorne Press (Publisher)
Frost, Jack, 1915- (Editor)
Frost, Jack, 1915- (Designer)

Material Type

calendars
printed ephemera

Other People

Frost, Jack, 1915-

Other Organizations

Hawthorne Press
Bostonian Society
U.S.S. Constitution

Subjects

Calendars
Bicentennial
Boston (Mass.). History
Advertisement

Restrictions

Minor staining and fraying along spine.

Description Level

Item

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