SML-111  HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES

     
SML-111 House of Seven Gables (left)
ML-111-A & SML-111C  House of Seven Gables - Rotary Club, tape measure

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reference numbers SML-111A: House of Seven Gables (M)
SML-111B: House of Seven Gables - Salem Rotary Club (M)
SML-111C: House of Seven Gables tape measure (M)
SML-111D: House of Seven Gables (Lance  6121)
description miniature of House of Seven Gables in Salem, MA
dimensions height = 2 1/8 inches
topics and series Topics: Buildings & Structures  Colonial Life & Times  Commercial
Literature in America
Series: House of Seven Gables
related items none
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-111: (1948/1975/-
SML-111A: (19531975/-)
SML-111B: (1956/-/-)
SML-111C: (1976/-/-)
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity SML-111A private issue Salem Rotary Club - 700 made
SML0-111B private issue for hardware store - 200 made
era first introduced. Marblehead
value range SML-111: 40/60
SML-111A: 175/225
SML-111B: Rare
SML-111C: 25/35
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comments/observations none

GENERAL INFORMATION. The House of Seven Gables is both an historic Colonial house in Salem, Ma., and the backdrop for Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel (1851).  Salem is a seaport adjacent to Baston's Marblehead and plays an important part in New England history.
     Baston was a member of the Marblehead Rotary Club and attended makeup meetings in Salem.  he designed a Salem Rotary symbol on the base and supplied them with 700 pieces over the years for fund-raising, gifts to visitors, etc.
     In 1956, a Salem hardware store ordered 200 Houses with retractable measuring tapes built into them.

From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.

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