Portsmouth New Hampshire Related Artifacts

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 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 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 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: 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...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1890s advertising shoe buttoner from C. F. Duncan & Co., a shoe store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The company's address is listed on the reverse: 9 Market St. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 5-3/16" length and...

SUBJECT: This is a post-Prohibition pressed board sign from the Frank Jones Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The...