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Trade card for Enterprise patent cold handle double pointed girls' irons, Burditt & Williams, 20 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-241936

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Description

With laundry in the background, two women talk over a backyard fence with one saying to the other "I tell you Mrs. Potts irons are just, what you want." The card verso has an illustration of the irons and describes the features.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
irons (tools)
appliances
women (female humans)
infants
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 4 3/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.006.02.01.005

Image Dimensions

4 3/4 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Dock Square (Boston, Mass.)
Laundry

Description Level

Item

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