(RHODE ISLAND) Rosa Brothers Grocery Market Calendar with c

Sale 2420 - Lot 267

Price Realized: $ 312

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Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150

(RHODE ISLAND.) Rosa Brothers Grocery & Market. Calendar with colorful depiction of Portuguese-American immigration. Chromolithograph, 20 x 15, with stamped text and illustration superimposed, attached to thin metal bars on top and bottom edges, with 2 1/2 x 4 inch 12-sheet 1928 calendar stapled to bottom edge; 3-inch crease in upper right corner, otherwise just minor wear. Warren, RI, 1928

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Symbolic female figures of Portugal and America reach out to shake hands in front of the Statue of Liberty. Two images of emigration steamers are stamped above the lithograph. Produced for distribution among Warren, RI's large Portuguese community.