Many thanks to Bill Barton for sharing the Ipswich High School Calendar for 1950, titled “Old Time Ipswich.” The slideshow below features block prints created and printed by the students for each month of the calendar.
“The Calendar is the combined effort of the Ipswich High School Printing and Art classes under the direction of Mark Hayes, Instructor of Printing and Mechanical Drawing, and Frank H. Chadbourne, Supervisor of Art. the students and their instructors hope that this second annual production will meet with the approval of our many friends.”
Block Prints:
- Harrison Tenney, Janes Hill, Irene Smolenski, Muriel Flewelling, Evelyn Patterson, Elizatbeth Nelson, Amer Knowles, Mary Jo Sullivan, Evelyn Goodale, Llewellyn Chadbourne, Dorothy Perley, Mary Miller and Mary MacKenzie.
Printing:
- Class of 1950: John Caloggero, Joseph Kisiel, Edward Murawski, Walter Prisby, John Willey
- Class of 1951: Stanley Strok, Jere Hovey
- Class of 1952: Lawrence Brockelbank, Donald Kelly, James Riel
- Class of 1953: Raymond Budzianowski, Stanley Colas, Alfred Davey, Robert Dort, John Polalrd, Stephen Tgavelakos, Wilbur Thomas
- January: Market Sqare 1836 by Harrison Tenney
- February: Wreck of the Ada K. Damon, circa 1905 by James Hill
- March: Cove and Old Mill, County Street, by Irene Smolenski
- April: Central Street, by Muriel Flewelling
- May: Coaling Schooner, 1906, by Evelyn Patterson
- June: Ipswich Light, circa 1910, by Elizabeth Nelson
- July: Bridge to Old Ipswich Mills 1902, by Amber Knowles
- August: The Carlotta, circa 1900, by Mary Jo Sullivan
- Grape Island blockprint, by Evelyn Goodale
- October: Water and Summer St., circa 1900 by Llewellyn Chadbourne
- November: Old Treadwell House, 1836, by Dorothy Perley
- December: Market Square Fire, 1894, by Mary Miller and Mary MacKenzie
Categories: Photos
These are great prints. They should be given another chance!
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