Key
- Object Name:
- Key
- Object ID:
- 2006.011
- Date:
- 1890-1905
- Description:
- Hotel room key and tag, brass, from Profile House, Franconia Notch, NH, c. 1900. Key 2.5" long with oval head 0.85" wide; cylindrical shaft with two pairs of ring turnings and a double-notched tooth. Key tag in shape of six-pointed star, 2.15" wide; attached to key with brass ring through hole at tip of top point. Tag is stamped, "PROFILE HOUSE / 23 / WHITE MT'S. N.H." Reverse of tag is stamped within two circles, "IF CARRIED AWAY RETURN / BY / MAIL / POSTAGE / 2 / CENTS / UNSEALED".
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- W-2.15 L-5.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donors at eBay auction, 01/15/2006. Seller was Jonathan Payne, Bath, PA, who acquired key at estate auction in PA along with a dozen or so similar keys from all around the country.
The first Profile House was built 1852-53 and was demolished in 1905. - Credit Line:
- Gift of John J. and Joan R. Henderson and Joan E. Desmarais and Douglas R. Copeley
- People:
- Henderson, John J., Henderson, Joan R.
- Subjects:
- Hotels, Tourism, Keys (Hardware), Stars
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