Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Portsmouth Fire Department 17th annual parade ribbon from September 10, 190The topaz-colored ribbon has a photo medallion of Chief Herbert A. Marden. VINTAGE: Circa 1903. SIZE: 5" height and 2" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a Portsmouth Fire Department 12th annual parade ribbon from September 7, 189The red ribbon reads M. H. GOODRICH ENGINE CO. 4 and has a photo medallion with a logo for the engine company reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1898. SIZE: 5-1/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Fire Association ink blotter. The blue blotter lists Calvin Page as President and A. F. Howard as Secretary of the Association and credits Dockhain & Thorpe Agents in Manchester, NH at the bottom...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1957 member badge for the Atlantic City Racing Association in New Jersey. The badge shows a jockey on horseback running at the center of a large horseshoe, turned opening-side up for good luck. The badge is numbered on reverse and was...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful oval serving plate from the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Rockingham Hotel was a luxurious establishment started by larger-than-life local hero Frank Jones and which operated until 1973 (today the former...

ARTIFACT: This is a Portsmouth Gas Company shovel holder, which is meant for mounting upon a wall and has a curved cradle at the bottom for holding a shovel. The holder is in orange and black and advertises the company as the manufacturers of...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1870s Lynn, Massachusetts Notification Company badge (an early messenger service). The badge shows an eagle at top and a striped crest at center and reads KLYNN NOTIFICATION CO. LYNN 10. VINTAGE: Circa 1870s. SIZE: 2-5/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a postcard of Whaleback Light in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. VINTAGE: Circa early 20th century. SIZE: About 5-1/2" in width by 3-1/2" in height; standard postcard size. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Printed paper...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully colored postcard of Whaleback Light, Portsmouth, NH. VINTAGE: Circa early 20th century. SIZE: About 3-1/2" in width by 5-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Printed paper. ATTACHMENT: None...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback 1989 edition of "The Visitor's Guide to Normandy Landing Beaches" by Tonie and Valmai Holt. This book offers a short history leading up to the D-Day Invasion and traces the route from which a visitor may benefit...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the 1903 history entitled "The City of Newburyport in the Civil War: From 1861 to 1865" by George W. Creasey, Captain of the 35th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This copy is inscribed by a Spanish-American War...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1st Edition Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England . The dust jacket reads: "This book was produced by the Piscataqua Pioneers (a society for early settlers in the Piscataqua River area), and...