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Trade card advertising Madame Walsh, fashionable millinery & dressmaking, No. 1 Bowdoin Square Block, Boston, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-194751

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Description

In the illustration one woman shows a hat to a woman with two girls. Text on the card reads "Parisian style, American taste, Exquisite contour."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
milliners
hatters
dressmakers
women (female humans)
children (people by age group)
girls
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustration ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.06.01.026

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Millinery
Women's clothing
Bowdoin Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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