Needlepoint of U.S. Postage Stamp (#1473)

Object/Artifact

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Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy

Name/Title

Needlepoint of U.S. Postage Stamp (#1473)

Entry/Object ID

PCP.2011.1.2

Description

Needlepoint work of a reproduction of the U.S. postage stamp (#1473) issued in November, 1972 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the founding of the American Pharmaceutical Association

Context

From gallery label: These items belonged to William A. Thawley (PCP, Class of 1938), the father of the donor. The award (PCP.2011.1.4), shaped like a piece of laboratory glassware, commemorates the Golden Anniversary of Thawley's graduation, and so was presented to him in 1988. The needlepoint is a reproduction of the U.S. postage stamp (#1473) issued in November, 1972 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the founding of the American Pharmaceutical Association; it pictures a mortar and pestle, the Bowl of Hygieia [for which see the print at the exhibition entrance], and 19th-century medicine bottles.

Category

commemoratives, decorative art/objects

Acquisition

Accession

PCP.2011.1

Source or Donor

Tom Thawley

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Tom Thawley on behalf of his father William A. Thawley (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class of 1938), 2011

Made/Created

Date made

Nov 1972

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

16-3/4 in

Depth

1-3/4 in