Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa 1900 Madeira wine bottle from a grocer in Boston, Massachusetts. The colored paper label reads GINTER GROCERY CO. IMPORTERS OF FINE LIQUORS, WINES, ETC. SANTA TERESA CAL. MADEIRA 602-604-606 WASHINGTON ST. AND 2-4-6 UNION...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and near mint circa 1930s advertising tray for Portsmouth Ale, made by the Eldredge Brewing Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Eldredge Brewing Company (first known as M. Fisher Brewing Co.) was established in 1860...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s wooden crate for twelve quart bottles of Frank Jones Ale from the Frank Jones Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Frank Jones was an iconic New Hampshire businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1900 postcard from the Frank Jones Brewing Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The front of...

ARTIFACT: This is a small circa 1910 "Mattie's Best" rye whiskey bottle from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The bottle has a printed label and the reverse reads GAURANTEED (sic) FULL ½ PINT. VINTAGE: Circa 1910. SIZE: Approximately 7-1/8" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 True W. Priest shot glass from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The glass has painted lettering advertising High Grade Ales, Wines and Liquors" and lists the company's address as 5 Ladd Street. VINTAGE: Circa 1900...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-1900 advertising corkscrew from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The handle reads COMPLIMENTS OF WILLIAM (?) SULLIVAN DEALER IN ALES, WINES AND LIQUORS ACQUISITORÉ PORTSMOUTH BREWING CO. VINTAGE: Circa pre-1900. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful pre-Prohibition era sign advertising the ales and "Portsburger Lager" of the Frank Jones Brewing Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is in red, white and blue enameled steel and has a great anchor graphic at its...

ARTIFACT: This is a coin bank advertising Piscataqua Savings Bank of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1910s. Piscataqua is one of Portsmouth's early banks and is still in operation, borrowing its name from the river flowing through town. The bank is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 barrel bank decorated in rich red and gold from the Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Company, a bank started by local brewer, politician and all-around icon Frank Jones. The bank (shaped, of course, like a barrel) has a coin...

ARTIFACT: This is a ruler advertising John Sise Insurance of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1920s. The ruler reads PRESENTED BY THE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY JOHN SISE & COMPANY 3 MARKET SQUARE, PORTSMOUTH N.H. on its front and FIRE,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1890s wooden bottle crate from Thomas Loughlin, Bottler of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The crate was meant to hold a dozen bottles, although one half of a long partition wall has been lost. There are very nice clear...