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* "New Town Seal," Andover Townsman, March 9, 1900 | * "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=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 | * Andover Vertical File - Government - Town Seal | ||
* There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976 | * There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976 | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 13 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 souvenir porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land from the Indians.
- When Andover celebrated it's 250th anniversary in 1896, the town adapted this design for the town seal. A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner
- The design 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.
See
- Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188
- 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
- The Townswoman's Andover by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2
- 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
--Eleanor 12:39, July 13, 2007 (EDT)
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