Paperweight
- Title:
- White Mountain Refrigerators, Maine Manf'g Co., Nashua, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Paperweight
- Object ID:
- 1986.103
- Creator:
- Maine Manufacturing Company
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1894-1924
- Description:
- Paperweight, cast steel, advertising White Mountain Refrigerators. Top surface depicts a mountain range in raised relief (about 3/8" high) and the words "WHITE MOUNTAIN / THE CHEST WITH THE CHILL IN IT / REFRIGERATORS" in raised letters. Reverse is marked "MANF'D ONLY BY / MAINE MANF'G CO. / NASHUA, N.H." with incised letters.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-4 D-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The Maine Manufacturing Company was started in 1874 in Fairfield, ME, as a woodworking business. The company started making "Maine" and "White Mountain" refrigerators in 1887. It moved to Nashua, NH, in 1894.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Melvin W. Chase
- Subjects:
- Paperweight, White Mountains, Refrigerators
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