Paperweight
- Title:
- White Mountain Refrigerators, Maine Manf'g Co., Nashua, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Paperweight
- Object ID:
- 1977.041.06
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1894-1924
- Description:
- Advertising paperweight, cast steel. Horizontal rectangle with rounded corners and chrome-plated edge. Raised lettering, "WHITE MOUNTAIN / REFRIGERATORS". Mountains cast in relief in center. Impressed cast lettering on reverse, "MANF' D ONLY BY / MAINE MANF'G CO / NASHUA, N.H."
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-3.9 D-2.4 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:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Refrigerators, White Mountains, Advertising, Paperweight
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