Sign, Trade
- Object Name:
- Sign, Trade
- Object ID:
- 2014.039
- Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Trade sign, from Edmund J. Lane's bookstore in Dover, NH, c. 1870. Long horizontal rectangle. Gilded lettering, "LANES' BOOK STORE", on black sand-painted pine. Beveled framing with red accent on beveled surface. Four vertical supports on back.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-14.2 L-91.75 D-2.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Hung in front of the bookstore of Edmund J. Lane (1802-1884) in Dover, NH. Lane first opened a store on Washington Street in 1832, then moved to the Varney Block in 1858. In 1870, his son, Edmund B. Lane (1837-1924) became a partner in the business. Edmund B. ran the store after his father's death, until it closed in 1899. Donor is a descendant of the store owners.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lane Tapley
- People:
- Lane, Edmund J. (1802-1884)
- Subjects:
- Bookstores, Signs
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