Name/Title
Master December 1952Entry/Object ID
2021.010.0002Description
16 1/2"h x 11 1/8"w sheet from a calendar produced for Thrift Oil Company of Leonardtown. This would have been an expensive product, perhaps reserved for the company's best customers. The backing sheet was fairly heavy brown paper and the top sheet had a pale gold background with brown lines. Two holes were punched just below the top edge and a brown cloth ribbon was tied in a bow to serve as a hanger for the sheet. Just below the bow was "Thrift Oil Company Shell Products--Firestone Tires Leonardtown, Maryland." The pale gold sheet was 15 3/4"h x 10 1/8"w with an opening 2 5/8" from the top and 2" from each side. This made a frame for an illustration that was 9"h x 6 5/8"w. There were two heavy brown lines and four brown fine lines printed around the opening. The 3 7/8" space left on the gold sheet held a calendar sheet of 2 3/4"h x 5 3/8"w for the month of December tied in place with thin brown yarn. The illustration is of a blond boy with blue eyes, pink cheeks, and heavy yellow pajamas. He was up on his knees, peeking out from a green blanket tented over him and a very white puppy with brown ears and eye patches. At the bottom of the image in black script, it says, "Happy Little Rascal." In very tiny black letters in the lower right corner of the image it says, "Copyright Gerlach-Barklow Co. Joliet, Ill., U.S.A." It is certainly a 1950s image.Collection
Maisano CollectionLocation
Container
Oversize Series Box 2Shelf
Rack 10, Shelf 5Rack
Rack 10Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor Hall