Postcard, Iron Kettle Motel, Shaftsbury, Vermont, photography by Frank L. Forward, published by Forward's Color Productions, Inc., Manchester, Vermont

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GUSN-327392

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Vermont
Vermont - Shaftsbury
Vermont - Shaftsbury - General - Postcards
Postcard, Iron Kettle Motel, Shaftsbury, Vermont, photography by Frank L. Forward, published by Forward's Color Productions, Inc., Manchester, Vermont
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Vermont
      - Vermont - Shaftsbury
        Vermont - Shaftsbury - General - Postcards
        Postcard, Iron Kettle Motel, Shaftsbury, Vermont, photography by Frank L. Forward, published by Forward's Color Productions, Inc., Manchester, Vermont (current record)

Description

The postcard verso describes the motel's amenities. There is a pot of beans with the date "1796" on the postcard verso. The motel property is seen in the photograph with the Green Mountains in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
exterior views
motels
tourism
postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard ; color photograph ; 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USVT.1420.0020.001

Image Dimensions

3 3/4 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Susan Ward, 2015.

Places

Shaftsbury (Bennington county, Vermont)
Green Mountains (Vermont) [mountains]

Record Details

Originator

Forward, Frank L. (Photographer)
Forward's Color Productions, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Tourists

Description Level

Item

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