Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Wonderful early 20th century .900 silver Sombrero pin tray or paper weight. The lovely detail shows floral embellishments along the brim of the sombrero and along the front it is engraved: "MEXICO". There is an undecipherable maker's...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1880's - 1890's Carlsbad, California enameled stone mosaic souvenir brooch. The outer edge of the rectangular-shaped brooch features nicely detailed enamel embellishments. The center of the brooch is a beautiful stone mosaic, bezel...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1970s sign for the Market Square Pub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is painted masonite in a wooden frame, and shows a painted pineapple, the international symbol of welcome. The sign drew in patrons at about the...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool 1950s Newington Out Door Theatre key chain with some old Portsmouth parking tokens inside. The theatre was a drive-in on the road between the cities of Portsmouth and Dover New Hampshire, in the little town of Newington...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1920s matted and framed photograph of the Whipple Junior High School band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Whipple School building is still on State Street but has been since converted into condominium units...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s silver-plated sugar bowl for the Portsmouth Cottage Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The bowl is by Reed & Barton and has two handles with a Portsmouth Hospital logo on its front. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1930s celluloid button from Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the United States Navy frigate U.S.S. Constitution. Launched in 1797, the Constitution was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" for valor during the War of 181She made...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic typewriter ribbon tin from the 1920s advertising Edwards' Typewriter Exchange in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The tin is in a mustard color with lovely silver and red Art Deco leaves and scrollwork gracing both its front and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 souvenir mug from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The mug is small but substantial - almost like a miniature stein - and was made in Germany. A medallion on the front of the mug shows the house of Thomas Bailey Aldrich,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1918 calendar from Portsmouth, New Hampshire advertising J. J. Gallant Horseshoeing & General Repairing. The calendar has a photo of a mother and child with a bridled horse with the caption THERE COMES DADDY. All pages of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1890s Portsmouth souvenir book in excellent condition. The book is 28 pages of photographs of popular and historic landmarks in Portsmouth and the surrounding communities, and was priced at ten cents. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s...

ARTIFACT: This is a framed portrait of the Class of 1897 from Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, New Hampshire). The class, which is just over half female, is shown seated on steps in front of a double door entranceway. VINTAGE: Circa 1897...