Guest register used by Shearer Cottage
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: American Blank Book Manufacturing Co.
label: Created by
content: Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover 100-page book with a leatherized black cover. On the front cover, the title is centered and embossed in gold text: GUEST / REGISTER. There is no print on the spine or verso. The book contains handwritten registers of guests who stayed at the Shearer Cottage in Martha's Vineyard from 1963 - 1973.
place: label: Place used
content: Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Recreation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.209.3
objectType: label: Type
content: visitors' books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: book paper, printing ink, cardboard and book cloth (textile material)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 3/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (20.8 × 28.6 × 2.9 cm)