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Hallet, Davis, and Co., Pianoforte Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1870

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 41-50

GUSN

GUSN-198970

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Description

This is a two-tone woodcut of the Hallet, Davis, and Co. building in Boston's South End, showing a very detailed street scene with carriages, and factory wagons carrying piano boxes. The print advertises that Hallet, David & Co. is the sole agency for Rugg's Music Store in Lowell, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

manufacturers
factories (structures)
musical instruments
wagons (cargo vehicles)
agents
prints (visual works)
woodcuts (prints)
broadsides (notices)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 47OVR

Physical Description

1 woodcut

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.047

Image Dimensions

28.25 x 40.25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
woodcuts (prints)
broadsides (notices)

Other Organizations

Hallet, Davis & Co.
Rugg's Music Store

Subjects

Piano

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 41-50

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