Dick Hanscom of Alaska Rare Coins visited his hometown of Newburyport, MA last week and forwarded a set of pictures from his visit to the newly restored Jacob Perkins building. See our Flickr archive for a complete slide show. Thanks!
Pictured in front of the building is Jay Williamson, the Historical Society of Old Newbury curator.
-Editor
Dick writes:
The first floor historical marker was from the Massachusetts Bay tercentenary. These things were all over the state. Williamson told me this one was found, but I don't remember where.
The displays were sparse. I think they put them in just to have something other than bare walls for the grand opening (it is not open yet on a daily basis). The grand opening was only for the restoration portion of the project.
To view the slide show, see:
Jacob Perkins Newburyport Building
(www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/sets/72157624036373923/show/)
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
JACOBS PERKINS PRINTING AND ENGRAVING BUILDING OPENED
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n21a28.html)
When he returned from his trip, I mentioned to Dick this blog, which covered the restoration of the building:
Perkins Mint
(perkinsmint.blogspot.com/).
-Editor
Dick writes:
I did not know of this until Jay Williamson mentioned it. He gave me a tour on Tuesday and I snapped some photos. The photos on the blog are better than any I took.
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