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Edward W. Pear & Co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fashionable Upholstery Goods, Window Shades, Draperies, etc.

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1868

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198391

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Description

This is an advertisement from the Boston Directory showing an image of the Pear & Co. storefront at "387 Washington Street, corner of Avery Street, Boston."

Details

Descriptive Terms

upholsterers
shades (coverings)
draperies (curtains)
wholesalers
retailers
exterior views
advertisements
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR257

Physical Description

1 line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1938-03-06

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3550.017

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

9 x 5.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift, 1938

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Bricher & Russell (Engraver)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

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