Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a "Maid Working Here" sign from the Copley-Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The hotel opened in 1912 and is now has "Historic Hotels of America" status. The sign dates from the 1920s or early 1930s, and reads the same on front and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s or 1930s room key fob or tag for the Alexander Young Hotel in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (T.H.). The Young Hotel was a grand affair, built in 1902 by a Scotsman of the same name. The hotel was used by the military...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s pin for the Yellowstone Park Hotels. Many hotels were set up within Yellowstone, the world's first national park, which was christened in 187The design of the pin, which features a black bear within a blue circle, looks to...

ARTIFACT: This is a small drinking glass from Yoken's, a locally famous Portsmouth, New Hampshire restaurant and gift shop started in 194Yoken's had an animated sign showing a whale who spouted water and slapped his tail to draw people inside. The glass...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1950s dinner plate from the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire. The Wentworth is a resort hotel made famous for being the spot where the Russian and Japanese signers of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty lodged...

ARTIFACT: This is a cigar/cigarette ashtray from the Coral Island Hotel in Bermuda. The hotel was formerly the Frascati and was later torn down to make way for condominiums. The ashtray is from the 1950s and is made by Bauscher Weiden. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Yoken's Restaurant side plate from just after their opening in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 194Yoken's was a locally famous restaurant and gift shop with an animated sign showing a whale who spouted water and slapped his tail to draw...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 German-made Boehms' Cafe' advertising stein from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The stein's ceramic body was done in earth tones featuring both wonderful foliage and a king seized by the inspiration of Bacchus. The main medallion...

ARTIFACT: Scarce circa 1963 vintage Portsmouth, New Hampshire Badger Creameries ½ gallon milk bottle with original "Plasti-Grip" handle. The front of the ½ gallon reads: "BADGER FARMS' CREAMERIES" in orange painted details and the base...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1911 institutional milk bottle from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. The one pint bottle reads DURHAM on the front and WASH AND RETURN II on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1911. SIZE: Approximately 7-1/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa early 1890s milk bottle from Lawnfield Farm in Henniker, New Hampshire. The bottle has a metal cap and reads THIS BOTTLE TO BE WASHED AND RETURNED on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa early 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 8-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1927 milk bottle from Badger Farms in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The one pint bottle reads B PORTSMOUTH CREAMERY BADGER FARMS EST. 1877 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. REGISTERED on the front and B ONE PINT LIQUID on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa...