- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Created by
- Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
- Date
- 20th century
- 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)
- 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.
- Place used
- Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- signs
- Topic
- Business
- Families
- Recreation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Family
- Object number
- 2013.209.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




