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Description:
Item Description/Title: Antique/Vintage ca. 1921 Art Deco-era Lumber Company ARTIST-SIGNED "F R Harper" ADVERTISING Postcard depicting the VIVIDLY COLORFUL and BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL Graphic Imagery of a "Victorian/Early-1800s Lady Holding a Rose" in honor of the Irish Folk Song/Poem captioned and excerpted beneath entitled "The Last Rose of Summer" written ca. 1805 by 18th Century Irish National Poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
***This card was sent by the actual Company to one of its customers to apprise him that "Dear Sir: Your doors have arrived and you can get them at any time" - Advertisement info contained on the View Side of the card is for the Company/Business "W. S. & A. M. Culp, Lumber, Builders’ Supplies, Mill Work, Coal, Etc., Chestertown, Maryland
***Poem/Song Excerpt included on View Side: "THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER. ‘Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions, Are faded and gone"
Subject Matter/Genre: Artist-Signed, Advertising, Beautiful Girls, Illustration-Illustrator
Artist: F R Harper (1876-1948, Artist, Illustrator)
Publisher/Markings/Signature: Artist-Signed "F R Harper" - Captioned "The Last Rose of Summer" - G B Co. Joliet Ill
Back: Divided Back
Postal Usage: Used - Two Cent Cancelled George Washington Stamp - Postmarked Chestertown, MD Nov 1921 - Addressed to Mr. A_____ Foreman, Chestertown, MD
Age/Period: Antique/Vintage - ca. Early-1900s (Postmarked 1921)
Material Type/Format/Style: Color Paper
Quantity: One (1)
Size: 5 & ½" x 3 & ½"
Condition (kindly refer to "Grading Scale" below for specifics): EXCELLENT+++
GRADING SCALE:
M - Mint: A perfect card just as it comes from the printing press. No marks, bends, or creases. No writing or postmarks. A clean and fresh card. Seldom seen.
NM - Near Mint: Like Mint but very light aging or very slight discoloration
from being in an album for many years. Not as sharp or crisp.
EX - Excellent: Like mint in appearance with no bends or creases, or rounded or blunt corners. May be postally used or unused and with writing and postmark only on the address side. A clean, fresh card on the picture side.
VG - Very Good: Corners may be a bit blunt or rounded with minor faults at the corners and/or along the edges. Almost undetectable crease or bend that does not detract from overall appearance of the picture side. May have writing or postally used on address side, minor soiling or light stains, light cancel marks on view side, overall in very fine condition with emphasis on minor with regard to faults
G - Good: Corners may be noticeably blunt or rounded with noticeably slight bends, creases, tears/nicks, visible smudges, or light trimming to the size of the card. May be postally used or have writing on the address side, Generally a card that is in acceptable collectible condition but with visible medium to major flaws
FR - Fair: Card is intact. Excess soil, stains, creases, writing, or cancellation may affect picture. Could be a scarce card that is difficult to find in any condition. A card or item that can only be considered a space filler or reference copy given presence of major flaws plus major damage such as missing corners, holes, large bends etc.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: Culp_Lumber_Mill_Irish_Poem_Advertising_Postcard_F_R_Harper |
| Condition:
Refer to Postcard Grading Scale within Listing |
Year:
ca Early 1900s-1921
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| Maker:
Artist - F. R. Harper |
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