Sign
- Object Name:
- Sign
- Object ID:
- 1995.074.01
- Creator:
- Baltimore Enamel & Novelty Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Baltimore, MD
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Sign, New Hampshire Railroad Depot, from B & M RR line. "ALTON". Blue-on-white enameled metal, mounted on wood. Letters in white, 6" high. Maker's mark lower right front, black-on-white, "[B]ALTO.ENAMEL & NOV.CO.BALTO.&190 W.B'WAY.N.Y." Wood painted green. Some chips on edges of enamel. Metal sign: 10.5" high, 36" long. Wood mount: 11.25" high, 37" long, 1.1" deep.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Composition
Enamel - Dimensions:
- H-11.25 L-37 D-1.125 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Ashuelot railroad depot in Winchester, NH. Received from Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA, which in 1989 acquired a collection of railroad material from Steamtown USA (a non-profit organization), including New Hampshire depot signs. The National Park Service returned eight signs to New Hampshire via the New Hampshire Historical Society, which transferred six of those signs to local historical societies; the remaining two were added to the NHHS collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Subjects:
- Alton, NH
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