Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: Great 1968 Pearl Harbor souvenir booklet: Pearl Harbor Story Authentic information and pictures of the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 by Captain William T. Rice, USNR (Ret). This Fourth Printing is nearly fifty pages of illustrations...