A 1906 Providence Calendar

Who knows? This may have hung in the Lovecraft household. Each image should be expandable if you click - it should expand in a new window. The pictures would all have been as familiar to HPL as the back of his hand. Note August and think of HPL's 16th birthday!











Description:
1906 ‘THE PROVIDENCE CALENDAR’

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

This beautifully illustrated 1906 calendar hails from Providence R.I.

'THE PROVIDENCE CALENDAR' is an elegant ‘TURN OF THE CENTURY’ work of art. This is expressed in its cover design of a late Victorian-era woman and varied ‘pen-and-ink’ style foliage illustrations that appear on each month’s page as background for the calendar month and accompanying photos of prominent Providence, Rhode Island buildings, landmarks, parks, memorials, street scenes, etc.

The opposite side of the front cover is inscripted:

PUBLISHED FOR
RHODE ISLAND NEWS COMPANY
PROVIDENCE, R.I.


Copyrighted 1905
By
EARLE C. TITUS

Press of R.S. Peck & Co.

By the way, Earle C. Titus who is listed as the ‘copyrighter’ above was the artist of the foliage illustrations. His signature is seen at the bottom right of the ‘January’ page.

The calendar measures 9½” x 12” and is complete, i.e. contains pages for all 12 months. The front cover has some water stains. Some of the pages show soiling, some with minor frayed edges. The back cover is barely in existence but can be replaced since the calendar is hole-punched and bound at the top with a green cord. For the most part, the artwork within the borders of each calendar page is virtually unscathed.