Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1939 Work Projects Administration worker badge for the crew at North Beach Airport in New York. The crew undertook the modernization of the small airport, Christened as the Glenn H. Curtiss Airport, the North Beach Airport...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed circa 1920s photograph of a biplane with the tail numbers NC704N: this particular craft was a Spartan C3-16The photo is from Framingham, Massachusetts and was hand-tinted in soft pastel hues. The frame is nicely...

ARTIFACT: This is a great framed 1923 photograph of the football team for Portsmouth High School of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The photo shows the eleven players and their coach posed in front of the goalpost with a caption written in white across the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 milk can from Badger Farms Creameries of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Daniel Farms' first incarnation started in 1877 and was incorporated in 1927 by Kittery, Maine resident Charles Badger. The company sold milk, cream and...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool turtle-shaped bottle opener from the 1930s advertising Grove Grocery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Grove Grocery was a luncheonette on Sagamore Avenue that also sold sundries including beer and ale. The turtle is craning his neck...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Union Liquid Metal Polish can from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The can has a red, white and blue label listing usage directions and other Union specialties. When the can is shaken, hardened remnants rattle about inside...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 J. H. Thacher pharmacist bottle from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The bottle has a flat face and a nice cork stopper. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 6-9/16" in height 2-3/8" in diameter (at base). CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a Panama Canal construction tool check fob in a six-pointed star design. The fob reads ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION 47987. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: 2" height and 1-1/11" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass with painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful enameled Victorian era brooch with an image of the famous Tip-Top House on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Built as a hotel in 1853, the Tip-Top still stands today, although it is no longer a hotel. It is however the...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool World War II submarine worker badge from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the Maine-New Hampshire state line. The badge shows a black and white photograph of the worker standing against a height chart and shows his number (11-4119)...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War II submarine worker badge from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the Maine-New Hampshire state line. The badge shows a black and white photograph of the worker standing against a height chart and shows his number (17-758)...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful New York City Civil Defense Warden Service Badge for a Deputy Sector Commander. VINTAGE: 20th Century. SIZE: Badge: 2 " in height by 1 " in width. The attached pin is 3" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated...