Trade card for the Adjustable Duplex Corset, Bortree Manufacturing Company, location unknown, undated

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GUSN-245103

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clothing
Womens
Clothing - Women's - Folder 2
Trade card for the Adjustable Duplex Corset, Bortree Manufacturing Company, location unknown, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clothing
    - Womens
      - Clothing - Women's - Folder 2
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        Trade card for celluloid, waterproof collars, cuffs & shirt bosoms, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the Adjustable Duplex Corset, Bortree Manufacturing Company, location unknown, undated (current record)
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Description

The card verso describes the Corset features and states that imitators will be prosecuted. It is for sale by Claflin, Larrabee & Company, 55 Bedford Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It was patented July 13, 1875.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
corsets
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustration ; 6 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.09.02.009

Image Dimensions

6 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Women's clothing
Bedford Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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