Trade card for Ladies' Shoe Polishing Parlor, 418 Main Street, Room 2, Worcester, Mass.

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clothing
Shoes and boots
Clothing - Shoes and boots - Polishes
Clothing - Shoes and boots - Polishes - Folder 1
Trade card for Ladies' Shoe Polishing Parlor, 418 Main Street, Room 2, Worcester, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clothing
    - Shoes and boots
      - Clothing - Shoes and boots - Polishes
        Clothing - Shoes and boots - Polishes - Folder 1
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        Trade card for Ladies' Shoe Polishing Parlor, 418 Main Street, Room 2, Worcester, Mass. (current record)

Description

The image caption reads "This is where we shine." The business is located over the Addis & Adie Five and Twenty-Five Cent Store. A branch shop for men is at 643 Main Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
shoes (footwear)
polish (coating)
shoe-shiners
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustration ; 3 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.07.07.01.007

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 6 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Puchased 2016.

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Main Street (Worcester, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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