Sign

Object Name:

Sign

Object ID:

1958.010

Date:

1953

Description:

Sign from parade float. Flat cut-out painted wooden sign in shape of a steam locomotive and tender. Engine has two large driving wheels and two small wheels at front, funnel-shaped stack. Name "Rein Deer" in gold on green, and scene showing a deer drawing a sleigh on one side. Rectangular plain board beneath engine and tender. Sign painted black with outlining in yellow and green. Mounting blocks on reverse.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-35.5 W-82 D-1.5 inches

Provenance:

Used on a float at the 150th anniversary of the Congregational Church, Littleton, NH. Sign made and painted at the B&M Railroad shops. The Rein Deer was the first train to run from Littleton to Woodsville in 1852 on the White Mountain Railroad, now the B&M.

Credit Line:

Gift of James C. Bingham

Subjects:

Signs, Railroad locomotives, Floats (Parades), Railroads, Locomotives, Parades & processions