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Sign

Title:
CTR. BARNSTEAD 4m.
Object Name:
Sign
Object ID:
1954.008
Date:
circa 1900
Description:
Road sign. Horizontal rectangle of gray sheet iron with plain edges. Iron letters with rounded thickness, fastened on with nails, reading "CTR. BARNSTEAD" in capitals and, slightly lower down at end, "4 m.", with a hand with finger pointing to left. Several holes at top and bottom near center for mounting.
Material:
Metal
Iron
Dimensions:
H-4 W-28.1 inches
Provenance:
Sign used on the present Route 28 in Barnstead, NH, before the road was marked with stripes. Donor rescued this and three similar signs from the ditch before World War II. She states that they date from the days of horse-drawn road scrapers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charlotte D. Fultz
Subjects:
Road signs, Roads
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