Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
C11.500 |
Title |
Sign: Granite State Insurance Co. |
Object Name |
Sign, Trade |
Description |
Reverse painting on glass with foil inserts. Picture depicts the engine on the track on Mt. Washington. On right "Agency of / the / Granite State / Fire Insurance Company, / of Portsmouth, N.H." Two buildings at top, one with smokestack; wooden frame carved with holly berries & leaves; backed with Philadelphia Record newspapers of May 2 & 10, 1888. |
Date |
c. 1888 |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Artist |
unknown |
Dimensions |
H-23.375 L-35.375 inches |
Material |
glass, paint, foil, gold leaf |
Place of Origin |
probably Philadelphia |
Provenance |
Used in the Portsmouth office of the Granite State Insurance Co.; given in memory of Orel Dexter and Parkhurst H. Blood. |
People |
Dexter, Orel Arthur, 1886-1951 Blood, Parkhurst H. |
Search Terms |
Granite State Fire Insurance Company Mount Washington Cog Railway |
Subjects |
Insurance companies Trade signs |