Trade card for Horatio Towne, watchmaker, Crosby, Morse & Foss, 240 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-244129

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clocks and watches
General
Clocks and watches - General - Folder 1
Trade card for Horatio Towne, watchmaker, Crosby, Morse & Foss, 240 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clocks and watches
    - General
      - Clocks and watches - General - Folder 1
        Trade cards for S.S. Crosby and H. Towne, watchmakers, 421 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for H.J. Hooton & Co., watches and jewelry, 357 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1876
        Trade card for Richard Hills & Brother, watch makers, No. 206 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Horatio Towne, watchmaker, Crosby, Morse & Foss, 240 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
        Trade card for S. & J. Myers, watches, watch materials, 90 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Nathaniel G. Wood, watches, gold jewelry, gold chains, 9 & 11 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Aaron Holmes, clocks, watches, jewelry and silver ware, 16 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Albert H. Brooks, chronometer and watch maker, No. 99 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Frederic Nicoud, chronometers and watches, Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, undated
        Trade card for American Watch Factory, Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., dated April 9, 1869
        Trade card for George W. Herrick, watches, clocks, jewelry, J.J. Brown's Drug Store, Main Street, Andover, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Waltham Watches, H.O. Ford & Co., 84 Tremont Street, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass, undated
        Announcement for Strasburg Clock Exhibition, Horticultural Hall,Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Waterbury Watch, location unknown, undated
        Billhead for Thomas Steele, watches and jewelry, 195 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut, dated July 12, 1846
        Billhead for William Beals, Dr., clock manufacturer, corner of Hanover and Blackstone Streets, Boston, Mass., dated November, 30, 1849
        Advertisement for Howard Watch & Clock Co., E. Howard & Co., 114 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. and 552 Broadway, New York, New York, ca.1884
        Billhead for Morrill Bros. and Co., watches, diamonds, jewelry and silver ware, 403 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 25, 1890
        Trade card for H.W. Clarke, clock and watch repairing, Beverly, Mass., undated

Description

The card states that Towne had formerly been with Haddock, Lincoln & Foss.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
watches
watchmakers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 1/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.022.01.01.004

Image Dimensions

2 1/4 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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