Trade card for Forbes Wight & Co., dry and fancy goods and millinery, 48 & 50 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1889

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

ca. 1889

GUSN

GUSN-245919

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Department & dry goods stores
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Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 3
Trade card for Forbes Wight & Co., dry and fancy goods and millinery, 48 & 50 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1889
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Department & dry goods stores
    - General
      - Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 3
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        Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, importers and dealers in dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for R. &. J. Gilchrist, dealers in dry goods, Nos. 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Christmas suggestions for every member of the family, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.
        Billhead for Elbridge G. Morse, dealer in dry goods, small wares, hoisery, gloves, &c., No. 53 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass., 1876
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Description

The card verso has the year "c. 1889" handwritten on it. At the child's feet is a Punch doll.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stores
boys
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.031.01.03.011

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1933.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Dry-goods
Millinery
Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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