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1910
Product catalogues: Household: Pottery and china
GUSN-314779
The Company history is provided from its founding in 1810 with a floor by floor description of the merchandise carried in the store at Franklin and Hawley Streets. The development of the business under Otis Norcross, Jr., who became a Boston Mayor, is described. The cover title reads "A Century of Progress." Wedgwood tile calendars and plates, depicting Boston scenes, are listed on pages 46-52.
advertising
business (commercial function)
pottery (object genre)
porcelain
glassware
mayors
books
2 books, 52 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12.012.004.009
9 1/4 x 6 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Mrs. F. Gordon Patterson, 1 July 1939,
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Connelly, John (Author)
Geo. H. Ellis Company (Printer)
Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton Co. (Publisher)
books
Norcross, Otis, Sr., 1785-1827
Norcross, Otis, Jr., 1811-1882
Franklin Street (Boston, Mass.)
Hawley Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Product catalogues: Household: Pottery and china
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