- CA THT ReadStone-1998.03.40
- Item
- [before 1930]
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Items are two samples of Joseph Read & Co. stationary including a piece of an invoice, and one letterhead for The Read Stone Co. Ltd.
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Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Items are two samples of Joseph Read & Co. stationary including a piece of an invoice, and one letterhead for The Read Stone Co. Ltd.
Illustration of Company Property and Product
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Items are two printed images of work sites for grindstone and one illustration of a Joseph Read & Co. “red center” grindstone.
First accession contains items from six plywood boards used in the Grindstone Museum set up by Herbert C. Read in the “Carriage House” of the Marshlands Inn, which includes various materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company and grindstone production, including primarily photographs, as well as graphic drawings, newspaper clippings, and other textual records.
Second accession, contains materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company, grindstone production, and the Read family. Content includes primarily photographs, as well as postcards, articles, and a guest book from the Marshlands Inn which was formerly the Read home, and that contained a museum devoted to displaying the history of the grindstone industry in Sackville.