Business card for James E. Storer, antique toy trains, 69 Pleasant St., Lexingotn, Mass., circa 1940

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Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-359195

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Antiques
Antiques - Trade Cards - Folder 1
Business card for James E. Storer, antique toy trains, 69 Pleasant St., Lexingotn, Mass., circa 1940
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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    - Antiques - Trade Cards - Folder 1

Description

Business card for James E. Storer, toy train collector. The business card has the headline "Old Toy Trains Wanted," and underneath is a printed red image of a train with the label N.Y.C. & H.R.R. Underneath is the name of the collecotr and his address.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
toys (recreational artifacts)
trains (vehicle groupings)
printed ephemera
business cards

Physical Descrption

1 business card : color illustrations ; 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.005.01.021

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Jane Nylander, 2014

Places

Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

printed ephemera
business cards

Accruals Note

From the donor: "The business cards were found with others less interesting in material from the Colonial Acres Antique Shop which was located in the shed of my parents house in 1940s and 1950s"

Description Level

Item

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