Card sample Paris Beauties, Kelsey Press Co., Meriden, Connecticut, undated

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GUSN-265081

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Paper manufacturers
General
Paper manufacturers - General - Folder 1
Card sample Paris Beauties, Kelsey Press Co., Meriden, Connecticut, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Paper manufacturers
    - General
      - Paper manufacturers - General - Folder 1
        Card for Lizzie Sumner, class of '71, location unknown, undated
        Card sample style 102, Kelsey Press Co., Meriden, Connecticut, undated
        Card sample Paris Beauties, Kelsey Press Co., Meriden, Connecticut, undated (current record)
        Sample for the Tremont Paper Company, location unknown, undated
        Reward of merit card sample, no. 801, G.P. Brown & Co., Beverly, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for the Wholesale Paper Warehouse, Rice, Kendall & Company, paper dealers, 20 & 22 Water Street, Boston, Mass., 1859
        Friendship greeting card, location unknown, undated
        Unclaimed letters! Remaining in the post office at Braggville, Co. of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, undated
        Let us talk business, in a business way, U.S. Toilet Paper Co., manufacturers, 36 & 38 Barrett Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Carter, Rice & Co., paper, 246 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 26, 1908
        Billhead for Carter, Rice & Co., paper, 246 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 14, 1906
        Billhead for Carter, Rice & Co., paper, 246 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 28, 1899
        Billhead for Wm. H. Claflin & Co., paper warehouse, 180 to 188 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 29, 1901
        Billhead for the Samuel Ward Company, manufacturing stationers & paper merchants, 47-49 & 51 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 27, 1903
        Letterhead for Carter, Rice & Co., Inc., paper, 246 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Samples from the Connecticut Steam Card Works, Hartford, Connecticut, 1886
        Wrapping paper for Boston Letter Paper, no. 3, manufactured by the Southworth Manufacturing Co., West Springfield, Mass., undated
        Billhead for B. H. Thayer & Co., book and manila papers and twines, 75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1879

Description

The text between the two roses reads "Accept my best wishes." The envelope contains a blank card. Card prices are 100 for $.85 and 1000 for $8.00.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
paper (fiber product)
paper engineering
cards (information artifacts)

Physical Description

1 card ; 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.087.01.01.003

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Meriden (New Haven county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Material Type

cards (information artifacts)

Description Level

Item

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