On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Used by
Isabel Powell, American, 1908 - 2007
Date
1930s-1970s
Medium
wood, paper, metal and leather
Dimensions
Open (flat): 11 9/16 × 16 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (29.4 × 41 × 3.8 cm)
Open (90 degrees): 11 9/16 × 9 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.4 × 23.5 × 22.2 cm)
Description
Guestbook from the Powell family vacation cottage. The guestbook has a wood cover, two (2) metal hinges attaching the front cover to the spine, paper sheets on which guests wrote their entries, and a leather cord that holds the paper sheets in place and knots at the back cover. At the upper center of the guestbook cover is a piece of paper adhered to the wood listing "Rules of this Tavern." In the lower right quadrant of the front cover, engraved into the surface, is the cursive text [Guest/ Log]. Inside, the guestbook has twenty-five (25) bound pages and two (2) loose sheets. Guest entries are written by hand throughout the guestbook on all pages, in various colors of ink, including black, blue and green, and in pencil. Guest entries range in date from 1937 to 1975. The final five (5) bound pages have tabs adhered to the right edge, in descending colors of green, white, blue, yellow, and red.
Place used
Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Type
visitors' books
Topic
Communities
Families
Recreation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Preston Powell and The Isabel Powell Foundation
Object number
2014.54.1-.3
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f4a153f4-5288-4fff-9be7-397a55c816eb

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