Sign, Trade

Name/Title

Sign, Trade

Description

a wood sign for S. B. Morris & Co. store located in Shelbyville; has beveled edges; lettering done in sort of a yellow color, very thin cover over the wood; there is a black surface cover that has a textured effect and is slightly higher than lettering; guessing would say entire surface of sigh painted in thin yellow or gold used for lettering and then letters covered with stencil like protectors and black surface applied over the yellow; there is one screw eye in the top edge. Donor found inside a barn he was demolishing on his property

Use

by S. B. Morris & Co.

Collection

Homer Wertz

Acquisition

Accession

1983.010

Source or Donor

Wertz, Homer

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Made: upper right-hand corner is marked "HALE"

Dimensions

Depth

7/8 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 24, 2001

Create Date

January 24, 2001

Update Date

August 8, 2004