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Sign, Trade

Title:
American DYE HOUSE
Object Name:
Sign, Trade
Object ID:
2012.001
Creator:
Kemper-Thomas CompanyPrinter
Place of Origin:
Cincinnati, OH
Date:
1920-1930
Description:
Sign, American Dye House, Dover, NH, 1920-1930. Screen print on masonite. Horizontal rectangle. Red lettering on yellow: "American / DYE HOUSE / DOVER, N.H." Red banner with uncolored lettering (bare masonite): "T.P. MALO, PROP." Uncolored lettering: "DYEING, CLEANSING". Large uncolored "D" serves as first letter of "DYE", "DYEING", and "DOVER". Red eagle at top left. Woman talking on telephone, in red, lower left. Lettering at bottom right: "THE KEMPER-THOMAS CO., CIN., O."
Material:
Wood
Masonite
Dimensions:
H-18 W-24 D-0.15 inches
Provenance:
Tancrede Pete Malo, b. 10/17/1878, Durham, Ontario, Canada. Married Virginia Demers, 1911. Resident of Somersworth, NH, 1920 census. Not in 1930 census. Draft registration, 1942, resident of Dover, NH.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
Subjects:
Dyeing, Eagle, Telephones, Signs
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