Sorry for the poor quality image, it's a rubbing of a corroded brass plaque. Any idea what this font is? I thought it might be Bookman or Dutch 766, but it isn't :(
Century Old Style looks like a good approximation for "Fred Jordan" text (probably a bit emboldened to better suit the engraving process).
Some similar fonts (but not an exact match) for the date digits could be Aldine 721 BT or Plantin Semibold
Captured from commoncrawl.org on 25 Apr 2015. original URL