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Ticket for the East Boston Ferry, Boston, Mass., 1884

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1884

Location Note

Ephemera - Trade cards etc.

GUSN

GUSN-189742

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Description

A three month pass for the East Boston Ferry is issued to a Miss Witherlee for September to December 1884.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
transportation
ferries
tickets
passes (tickets)

Physical Description

1 ticket

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1923-07-26

Reference Code

EP001.01.117.01.01.032

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

tickets
passes (tickets)

Other People

Witherlee, Miss

Other Organizations

East Boston Ferry Company

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 80-81.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera - Trade cards etc.

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