Advertisement for Oliver Ditson & Co., American and foreign music, 449 & 451 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1884

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Ephemera

Date

1884

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GUSN-264602

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Pianos and organs
Musical instruments - Pianos and organs - Folder 1
Advertisement for Oliver Ditson & Co., American and foreign music, 449 & 451 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1884
(current record)

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- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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        Trade card for William H. Ivers, Jr., piano-forte tuner, Boston and Dedham, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Danforth Lyon, dealer in piano-fortes, No. 11 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
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        Trade card for W.M. Furbush & Son, dealers in pianos and organs, Farrington Block, Portland, Maine, undated
        Trade card for E.A. Sawtelle, tuning and repairing, at Oliver Ditson's, 451 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Trade card for W.J. Lefavour, dealer in pianos and organs, Beverly, Mass., undated
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        Trade card for The S.L. House Co., pianos, Chicago, Illinois, undated
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        Label for Chickering & Sons, manufactuers of grand, square and upright piano-fortes, Tremont and Washington Streets, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Advertisement for Chickering and Sons' Piano-Forte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1856
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        Trade card for the Smith American Organ Company, 531 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Trade card for Blake's Great Piano Palace, 612 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The Emerson Piano Co., 159 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1910
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        Trade card for the Emerson Piano Co., 159 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Advertisement for Chickering and Sons' Piano-Forte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1854
        Advertisement for the Jacob Chickering Pinaoforte Warerooms, No. 300 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1854
        Trade card for Chickering & Sons Pianoforte Warerooms, 130 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York and 152 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for Dyer & Co., pianos and organs for sale & to rent, 337 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Dyer & Co., stationery, musical merchandise, fancy goods, 337 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Dyer & Co., stationery, musical merchandise, fancy goods, 337 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Clough & Warren Organ Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1876
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        Bookmark for the Mason & Hamlin Co., pianos, organs, 4-6 Arcade, Brockton, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Hallet, Davis & Co., manufacturers of grand and square pianos, No. 272 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Advertisement for Model Melodeons, Mason & Hamlin, Cambridge Street corner of Charles, Boston, Mass., March 17, 1855
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        Advertisement for Chickering & Sons, manufacturers of grand, square and upright piano-fortes, 48 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. and 11 East Fourteenth Street, New York, New York, 1872
        Advertisement for Boardman, Gray & Co., Dolce Campana Piano-Forte manufacturers, Albany, New York, April 1857
        Advertisement for Hallet, Davis & Co., manufacturers of grand, parlor grand and square piano-fortes, ware-rooms, 409 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., May 1857
        Advertisement for Estey's Vox-Humana Organs, G.G. Saxe & Co., warerooms, 417 Broome Street, New York, New York, March 1867
        Advertisement for Bradbury's New Scale Pianos, William B. Bradbury, 425 & 427 Broome Street, New York, New York, June 1866
        Advertisements for pianos and organs, New York, New York, January 1867
        Advertisement for The Rogers Piano Company, manufacturers of the celebrated patent Cabinet Piano-Forte, Marble Block, 18 Eliot Street, Boston, Mass., August 1872
        Advertisement for Hallet, Davis & Co., manufacturers of grand, parlor grand and square pianos, warerooms, 272 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., October 1869
        Billhead for Henry F. Miller, piano-forte manufacturer, 611 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 3, 1881
        Advertisement for J.M. Bruce, piano-forte and organ warerooms, No. 15 Main Street, Ayer, Mass., October 22, 1874
        Billhead for Henry F. Miller, piano-forte manufacturer, 611 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 14, 1882
        Advertisement for Oliver Ditson & Co., American and foreign music, 449 & 451 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1884 (current record)
        Advertisement for The Organita, Mass. Organ Co., 57 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1872
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        Advertisement for Mason & Hamlin, pianos, 492 & 494 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1909-1914
        Advertisement for Weber grand, upright and square piano-fortes, warerooms, Fifth Avenue, corenr 16th Street, New York, New York, 1876
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        Handbill for Brown & Hallet Piano Fortes, Silas Allen, Jr., Boston, Mass.
        Trade card for the Henry F. Miller Piano Forte Establishment, Boston, Mass., undated
        Label for Lord, Gilbert & Cumston, piano manufacturers, No. 352 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1830s
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Description

The business premises on Washington Street are shown in the image. A horse-drawn street car has "Norfolk House" printed on the side of it. The ad verso describes the "Norway Music Album."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
music
musical instruments
pianos
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement ; 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.082.02.01.054

Image Dimensions

9 1/4 x 6 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, 29 March 1923.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Oliver Ditson & Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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