Stamp, Marking
- Object Name:
- Stamp, Marking
- Object ID:
- 2012.052.02
- Date:
- 1920-1930
- Description:
- Stamp for marking wooden boxes and crates. Brass. Convex horizontal rectangle. Cast lettering within raised circle, in reverse: "MANUFACTURED BY / ALLEN AND HALL / ROCHESTER, N.H."
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-7.5 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Established in the early 1920s by Leroy E. Allen (1884-1956) of Dudley, MA, Allen & Hall were contract lumber dealers and manufacturers who moved to Rochester, NH. The business was eventually taken over by Leroy Allen's son, Kenneth L. Allen (1916-2002), around 1950. The company purchased trees on private lots, cut the timber, and contracted to make lumber into crates and boxes for product packaging and shipping. They also operated a commercial lumber yard on Allen Street in Rochester.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann Lindner
- Subjects:
- Plates, Printing, Printing plates, Lumber industry, Lumberyards, Box industry, Crates
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