Sign from Shearer Cottage: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 20th century
• Created by: Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
• 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
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Recreation
• Object number: 2013.209.1
• 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

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