Advertisement for architects, Boston, Mass., 1854

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1854

GUSN

GUSN-242872

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Building materials
Stone
Building materials - Stone - Folder 1
Advertisement for architects, Boston, Mass., 1854
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Building materials
    - Stone
      - Building materials - Stone - Folder 1
        Trade card for T. R. Davis, marble worker, Middle Street, Exeter, New Hampshire, undated
        
        Trade card for The New England Granite Works, 650 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut and 1283 Broadway, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for W.J. Knowlton, minerologist and naturalist, No.168 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Henry Murray, monumental work in marble and granite, 41 Haverhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for architects, Boston, Mass., 1854 (current record)
        Billhead for Bowker, Torrey & Co., marble workers, corner Portland and Chardon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated June 3, 1872,
        Billhead for Williams & Company, soap stone blocks, slabs, Nashua, New Hmapshire, dated September 21, 1883
        Billhead for Richard Messer, dealer in granite and marble work of all kinds, Claremont, New Hampshire, dated November 1, 1905
        Billhead for Dr. E. Ricker, dealer in rough and hammered granite, North Charles Street, Boston, Mass., 1873

Description

The firms advertised are Hammatt Billings on Washington Street, Billings & Sleeper on Court Street and the Penrhyn Marble Company on Tremont and Howard Streets.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
building materials
marble (rock)
architects
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement : illustrations; 5 x 2 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.015.03.01.005

Image Dimensions

5 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Court Street (Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Howard Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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