Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator.
Description: Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more]
Marion is reading "Hood's Humorous Poems" by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Seated in Back - Left to Right: Helen Winthrop Dougherty (1887-1975) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1910. Marion Elizabeth Dougherty (1876-1970) - reading to her sisters. Ethel Ward Dougherty (1882-) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1903. Seated in Front - Left to Right: Edna K. Dougherty (1885-) - went to Radcliffe and became a teacher. Constance Margaret Dougherty (1890-1980) - later Mrs. Geoffrey O’Hara. Her husband, a musician, wrote the song “K-K-K-Katie” Lucy Jackson Dougherty (1884-) - graduated from Radcliffe in 1907 and married Henry Bertram Potter in 1908.
Description: Marion is reading "Hood's Humorous Poems" by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Seated in Back - Left to Right: Helen Winthrop Dougherty (1887-1975) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1910. Marion Elizabeth Dougherty (1876-1970) - reading to her sisters. Ethel Ward Dougherty (1882-) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1903. Seated in Front - Left to Right: Edna K. Dougherty (1885-) - went to Radcliffe and became a teacher. Constance Margaret Dougherty (1890-1980) - later Mrs. Geoffrey O’Hara. Her husband, a musician, wrote the song “K-K-K-Katie” Lucy Jackson Dougherty (1884-) - graduated from Radcliffe in 1907 and married Henry Bertram Potter in 1908. [show more]
Left to Right: Jane Augusta “Jennie” (Lathrop) Rand (1837-1918) - mother of Henry Lathrop Rand Margaret "Daisy" or "Love" Arnold Rand (1868-1930) - sister of Henry Lathrop Rand. The family dog, "Pug" sits on her lap. Anna Maria “Aunt Mary” Margaretta (Lathrop) Hall (1825-?) - aunt of Henry Lathrop Rand
Description: Left to Right: Jane Augusta “Jennie” (Lathrop) Rand (1837-1918) - mother of Henry Lathrop Rand Margaret "Daisy" or "Love" Arnold Rand (1868-1930) - sister of Henry Lathrop Rand. The family dog, "Pug" sits on her lap. Anna Maria “Aunt Mary” Margaretta (Lathrop) Hall (1825-?) - aunt of Henry Lathrop Rand
This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Description: This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.