To Hannah and Spence

Holiday greeting cards from the
Architectural Alumni Graphics Collection of
Franklin Spencer Roach and Hannah Benner Roach.

Yearbook photograph of Joseph Thompson Fraser, Jr.

 

Image of Fraser's card featuring a sketch of a crowd of Santa faces

 

Joseph Thompson Fraser, Jr. (1898-1989), B.Arch. 1922

Fraser worked for the architectural firm of Robert Rodes McGoodwin, who was noted for his residential designs in the Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods of Philadelphia. From 1938 through 1969, Fraser headed the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1955, he was awarded the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art's Gold Medal of Honor.

 

Image of Fraser's 1963-64 card featuring Fraser, his wife and cats

All of the holiday greeting cards in this exhibit are from the
Architectural Alumni Graphics Collection of
Franklin Spencer Roach and Hannah Benner Roach,
University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center.

This exhibit was created by Martin J. Hackett, Public Services Archivist. It can be viewed at the University Archives during the 1999 holiday season.

 

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