Square wooden sign made from 6 pine planks nailed to three vertical boards. The front of the sign is painted white with a black border and the words, "TO BARRE VERMONT THE GRANITE CENTER OF THE WORLD GOOD HOTELS-GARAGES-STORES" with a right-pointing arrow. The back of the sign is painted black with the words, "Barre Board of Trade Barre, Vt." in white painted vertically.
Acquisition
Accession
2014.60
Source or Donor
Barre Historical Society, Inc.
Acquisition Method
Transfer
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1900
Place
City
Barre City
County
Washington County
State/Province
Vermont
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Sign, Directional
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Sign
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Visual Communication Devices
Nomenclature Class
Visual Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
35-3/4 in
Width
47-3/4 in
Material
Wood, Metal
Interpretative Labels
Label
The Barre, Vermont Board of Trade commissioned this sign around the turn of the 20th century to promote the city. The Board was the forerunner of the Chamber of Commerce in the area. In the 1980s, workers found this sign along with nine other identical ones in a barn, still packed in its original railroad shipping crate. We don't know why the signs were never uncrated and used.
