Treenail
- Object Name:
- Treenail
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.248
- Creator:
Artist - Date:
- 1895
- Description:
- Treenail (wooden peg), hand-hewn, from covered bridge at New Hampton, NH. Ink inscription: "Peg from covered / Bridge at New Hampton / N.H. / Mrs. Ella S. Roby(?)". Larger end square; other end round. Both ends darkened by exposure to weather. The unweathered area is ~6" long (the thickness of two 3" planks).
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-2 L-8.65 D-2 Dia-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Probably from the Central Street covered bridge crossing the Pemigewasset River between Bristol and New Hampton, built in 1895 and replaced in 1928 after flood damage in 1927. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004)
- Subjects:
- Covered bridges
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