When I was a little girl, and we lived in the small town of Andover, NH, the nearest city my mother would drive to for groceries and the like was the small mill city of Franklin, about a 10 mile drive from Andover across Route 11. This intersection is Central Street and Franklin Street at the old bank on the right, with the old J.J. Newberry storefront on the left. At Christmastime then, and still today, the city of Franklin decks out the downtown with those wonderful retro electric-lit Christmas swags and ornaments, looking a lot like the fictional Bedford Falls from the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." This little painting is from an old photo after a snowstorm and heavy road sanding, looking toward Willow Hill. Other than Newberry's and it's fantastic old wood floors being gone and the the cars being newer, the scene here looks very similar to Central Street in Franklin today.
Franklin, NH, Christmas 1972 ~SOLD (Somebody Liked This!)
6 in. x 6 in., acrylic on canvas
$72 (gallery-wrapped canvas, no frame needed)
