Sign
- Object Name:
- Sign
- Object ID:
- 1995.074.02
- Creator:
- Baltimore Enamel & Novelty Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Baltimore, MD
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Sign. Ashuelot railroad depot sign from the Boston & Maine Railroad. "ASHUELOT" (Winchester, NH). Blue-on-white enamel on sheet steel, mounted on pine board. Letters in white, 6" high. Wood painted gray. (No maker's mark visible.) Metal sign: 10.5" high, 54" long. Wood mount: 11.6", 55.5" long, 1" deep.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Composition
Enamel - Dimensions:
- H-11.625 L-55.5 D-1 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:
- Ashuelot, NH, Winchester, NH
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