Sawyer Pictures Brochure

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Sawyer Pictures Brochure

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0001.0001

Scope and Content

Black, white and grey advertising brochure of "Sawyer Pictures". Front includes black and white photographs of Charles H. Sawyer and Harold B. Sawyer. Title reads "History of Sawyer Pictures". Back reads "The Colorful Story of the Sawyer Pictures" and includes a description of the provenance of Sawyer's photography and art. The description includes the brief history and legacy of Sawyer Pictures. The description details Charles H. Sawyer's founding of the company, and his biography as an artist and photography. It states he began as an artist in Providence, RI before moving to Maine where his popularity grew as a photographer and culminated in the expansion of his company to its headquarters in Concord, NH. Some of Sawyer's most famous photographs include "Echo Lake Sawyer" and "Red Tree". Related terms; Sawyer's Pictures

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0001

Source or Donor

Mr. Duane Merrill and Mrs. Carol Merrill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Brochure

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photographers, Photographic studios, Photography, Photography industry, Pictures, Advertisements, Advertising, Negative photoprints

Search Terms

People, Mountains, Concord (Merrimack county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Cannon Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Echo Lake (Grafton county, Carroll county, New Hampshire : lake), Farmington (Franklin county, Maine : inhabited place), Flume, The (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Maine (United States : state), Chocorua, Mount (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Norridgewock (Somerset county, Maine : inhabited place), Old Man of the Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island : inhabited place)

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1970 - 1980

Archive Notes

Medium: Paper Publisher: Sawyer Pictures, Concord, NH

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

8.5 x 3.75

Condition

Notes

01/07/2013- CH - Light blesmishes and minor fold. No major blemishes, tears or damage.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Concord

County

Merrimack

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

General Notes

Note

Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-05-14 Scan ID#: WM201300044, WM201300045