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Trade card for Welcome Soap, Curtis Davis & Co., Boston, Mass., 1877

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1877

GUSN

GUSN-245605

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Description

Farm yard animals react to a troubadour singing to his lady. The card is copyrighted 1877 by J.H. Buffords Sons.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
cosmetics
soap (organic material)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.028.03.02.008

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1927.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Bufford’s Sons Lith. (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Troubadours

Description Level

Item

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