Sign from Shearer Cottage
Object Details
- Description
- A wooden sign from Shearer Cottage on Martha's Vineyard. White-painted wood letters are glued onto a wood board. The top row of letters spells "SHEARER" and the bottom row of letters spells "COTTAGE". Some of the letters have mirror tiles glued all along their edges. Two (2) eyehole screws are screwed into the top of the sign at the upper-left and upper-right corners.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Family
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 20th century
- Object number
- 2013.209.1
- Created by
- Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- signs
- Medium
- wood, glass, metal, and glue on wood board
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 1/2 × 41 × 1 3/4 in. (31.8 × 104.1 × 4.4 cm)
- Place used
- Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
- Topic
- African American
- Business
- Families
- Recreation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.209.1
