Sign

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Sign

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1001

Description

Grey painted wood board shield shape with two large holes mid-way up near edges. Four hands grasping each other design.

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Dimensions

Height

15 in

Width

9-7/8 in

Depth

1-7/8 in

Material

Wood

Provenance

Notes

Donated by Mr. Robeson Lea Perot, 11/19/1927 According to GHS True Accession Book, "Insurance sign (1752), the sign was removed in 1908 from 275 S. 4th Street, where it had been prior to 1817. From the Phila. Contrib. for the insur. of houses from loss by fire."