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[http://www.mhl.org/about/visit/art/ Original Art at Memorial Hall Library]
* The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation. 
* In 1895 John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land that was to become Andover from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
** A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. [http://andoverma.gov/about/250th.php Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner]
** The new town seal was adopted at the annual Town Meeting on March, 5, 1900.
* For the Town's 350th anniversary, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room.  Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, was chosen. 




Information on Memorial Hall Library Orginal Art can be found in the Andover File - Memorial Hall Library - Art Works.  
[[Image:seal.jpg|thumb|...''Cocoanut and Decoration Day''.... click to enlarge|left]]


== Accorsi,William ==
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Artwork: "Vanessa", "Hot Air Balloon", "Airplane", "Family Outing"
*Morgenroth, Linda. "William Accorsi Finds His Medium in Wood."
 
 
== Barry, Charles Alfred ==
Artwork: "Abraham Lincoln" 1860
*"Long-Sought 'First Portrait" of Lincoln Found in Memorial Hall Library." ''Andover Townsman,'' March 6, 1947
*"Lincoln's First Portrait." ''Christian Science Monitor,'' February 12, 1947
 
 
== Coon, Howard ==
Artwork: "View of Rabbit's Pond", "Ballardvale", "Samaritan House on School Street", "Benjamin Abbot Homestead on Central Street", Rose Cottage, Benjamin Abbot Homestead Built About 1865".
*"Library Brushed up Art Work," '' Andover Townsman,'' October 3, 1991.
 
 
== Hammond, Phyllis ==
Artwork: "Centerpoint"
*A description of Centerpoint
 
 
== Twenty Quilters under the direction of Joan Ross ==
350th Anniversary Quilt: The Hill, the Mill, and the Till
*Description of the 350th Anniversary Quilt
 
 
== Kleck, Pat ==
Artwork: "Dancing Man"
*Quimby, Beth. "Art Thrives in Quiet Life." ''Sunday Eagle Tribune'', August 3, 1977, page 1.
*French, Kimberly. "Pat Keck's World of Upside Down." ''Boston Globe'', June 1 1985.
   
 
== McDowell, Ruth B. ==
Two Quilts: "Freesia", "Out on a Limb"
*"Ruth B. McDowell Quintessential Quilter". Quint World, February/March 1988, p. 31 to p. 34.
 
 
== Raymond, David ==
Artwork: "Real Miracles"
*"Modern Art on the Move." ''Andover Townsman,'' October 18, 1987.
*"What's Behind the Library." Andover Townsman, October 8, 1987
 
 
 
== Steele, Mark ==
Artwork: "Over Andover"
*Featuring the following Andoverites
**From left to right front row: Kenneth Mahoney (Town Manager 1982 - 1990), Nancy Jacobson (Library Director 1974 - 1993), Miriam Putnam (Library Director 1939- 1967)
** From left to right back row: M. John Christiansen, Jr. (Architect Shelpey Bulfince Boston), Norma Gammon, (Trustee Chair 1985 - 1989) Michael Frishman (Friends' President 1986 - 1989)
*Temin, Christine. "Men of Harvard, Men of Steele,"'' Boston Globe Magazine'', September 7, 1986, page 19+


== Sullivan, David ==
Artwork: "After Cezanne"
**Description of After Cezanne


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* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1VO23D1142234.6117&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=andover+a+century+of+change&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11O4HC2618187.103035&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=fuess&index=.AW&term=symbol&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus Andover: Symbol of New England], by Claude Moore Fuess,(974.45 Fuess), page 373
* "Sealed with Historical Inaccuracies" Andover Townsman, February 1, 2007
* "New Town Seal," Andover Townsman, March 9, 1900
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11389I5VR6171.20174&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=33&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.ET&term=townswoman%27s+andover&aspect=subtab783&x=2&y=8#focus ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11N4354QR9234.103672&profile=man&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!777748~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=town+and+city+seals+of+massachusetts&index=.ET&uindex=&aspect=subtab783&menu=search&ri=1#focus ''Town and City Seals of Massachusets''], by Allan Forbes (929.9 For volume 2), page 6
* Andover Vertical File - Government - Town Seal
* There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976


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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 16:23, March 13, 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 12:39, July 13, 2007 (EDT)


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Revision as of 10:32, 16 July 2007

  • The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation.
  • In 1895 John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land that was to become Andover from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
  • For the Town's 350th anniversary, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room. Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, was chosen.


...Cocoanut and Decoration Day.... click to enlarge



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--Eleanor 12:39, July 13, 2007 (EDT)

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