Calendar from 1956: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pocket calendar from 1956. The calendar has with each month printed on a small, rectangular sheet of paper. The pages are bound with string and attached to a larger piece of cardboard backing. The calendar cover features a color image of holly sprigs tied with blue string against a yellow and white background. The year [1956] is printed in black at the upper right. The calendar is attached to a piece of cardboard. The back of the colander is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1956
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
• Type: calendars
• Medium: ink on paper on cardboard with string
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (6.4 × 9.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Object number: 2013.46.29.51
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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