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Painted Directional Traffic Sign

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1820-1880

GUSN

GUSN-3187

Description

Framed directional sign on panel with large black stencilled letters and pointing gloves; framed in a frame which resembles a shadow box.

Details

Descriptive Terms

traffic signs
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Oil on Panel
SIGN, TRAFFIC

Inscription

Stencilled in black paint across the front of the board: ""RAYMOND 7M/ CHESTER 1M""

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11.188 x 36.25 x 1.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.970

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

Related Items

Title Painted Directional Traffic Sign Accession Number 1991.971

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