Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare signed first edition of "Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic ??? The Flight to the South Pole" by Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Byrd, a Virginia native with ties to John Rolfe and Pocahontas, was a United...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s set of three hand-carved fishing net mending tools from the coastal Maine area. Two of the tools are larger than the other, and all are made of lightweight wood with a slightly roughened texture in spots. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1893 Home Insurance Co. of New York calendar given out by John Sise Insurance of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (his stamp can be seen beneath the calendar pages). The calendar is affixed to cardboard with a printed color scene and has a...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool old advertising shopping handle from Pryor-Davis Co. Hardware & Paints of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The store's address of 36 Market Street is printed on the wooden dowel portion. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from Oren Bragdon & Son, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. The store's address is stamped on the horn: 46 Market St. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 4" in length and 1-9/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from C. F. Duncan & Co., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. The company's address is stamped on the horn: 9 Market St. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 4-3/8" in length and 1-5/8" in width...