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Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1880

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1880

GUSN

GUSN-245953

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Description

The bottom of the image reads "Copyright 1880 L. Prang & Co. Boston." The card verso has a handwritten statement about the donor's Aunt Clara A. Pratt working at Gilchrist's in the 1870's.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stores
flowers (plants)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.031.01.04.009

Image Dimensions

4 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Helen Grady, 03-26-1985.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Dry-goods
Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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