An industrial city, The Barta Press, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Removed from EP005: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection; 85M-01-314-Z-E-406

GUSN

GUSN-364374

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Machinery
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Machinery - General - Folder 2
An industrial city, The Barta Press, Boston, Mass., undated
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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      - Machinery - General - Folder 2
        Business card for Grant Pierce, American Radiator Company, Boston Branch, 129-131 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for M.P. Osborn, saw filer, No. 6 LaFayette Place, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for the Consolidated Elevator and Machine Works, 436 Union Street, Lynn, Mass., undated
        Price list for J.B. Bradley, mechanics mills, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for Thomas B. Dill, machinist, 13 & 15 Bowker Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Postcard for The Original Concord Axles, D. Arthur Brown & Co., Fisherville (Concord), New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for Smith & Winchester, manufacturers and dealers in wrought iron pipe and fittings for steam, gas and water pumps, 19 to 37 Wendell Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Ideal Stencil Machines, The Shippers Supply Company of New England, Watertown, Mass., undated
        Brochure for The only Naphtha Launch, power launch, Gas Engine & Power Company, Morris Heights, New York, 1893
        Check for The Union Electric Signal Company, 76 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Billheads for the Boston Elastic Fabric Company, manufacturers of rubber belting, hose packing, 173 & 175 Devonshire and 34 & 36 Arch Streets, Boston, Mass., 1870s
        Letterhead for The Anson Hardy Cutting Machines, F.A. Hardy, manufacturer, P.O. Box 1765, Boston, Mass., 1870s
        Billhead for John Cone, Dr., proprietor of excavating pump for cleaning vaults, cesspools, Bloomingdale Road, corner Gallows Lane, New London, Connecticut, dated July 1893
        Letterhead for the Boston Belting Company, original manufacturers of rubber belting, steam packing, engine hose and India rubber goods of every description, 189 to 195 Devonshire and 52 to 56 Arch Streets, Boston, Mass., 1878
        Letterhead for John Hodgson, hydraulic and general engineer, 131 Dock Street, Newport, Rhode Island, 1890s
        Letterhead for the Factory of Boston Belting Company, Boston Highlands, Mass., 1879
        Letterhead for the Factory of Boston Belting Company, Boston Highlands, Mass., 1879
        Billhead for Sam'l Kidder, leather belting, packing and mill supplies, No. 60 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 24, 1893
        Billhead for Olin Scott, manufacturer of gunpowder, paper, wood pulp, marble and mining machinery, Bennington Machine Works, Bennington, Vermont, dated February 27, 1889
        Billhead for the Smith & Thayer Company, manufacturers of The Winchester Heater, 234-236 Congress Street, corner Purchase, Boston, Mass., dated February 21, 1907
        An industrial city, The Barta Press, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)

Description

Catalog describing the Beverly, Massachusetts, factory of the United Shoe Machinery Company. Topics discussed include the factory's daily operations, hygiene, information about a local trade school run in conjunction with the City of Beverly, and more. Photographs of different rooms and outdoor locations of the factory are included throughout the catalog. Prepared by the United Shoe Machinery Co. and published by The Barta Press.

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Descriptive Terms

factories (organizations)
business (commercial function)
advertising
machinery
shoes (footwear)
industrial complexes
photographs
printed ephemera
catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 catalog : illustrations ; 7 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP001.01.073.01.02.021

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beverly (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Barta Press (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
catalogs

Other Organizations

Barta Press (Boston, Mass.)
United Shoe Machinery Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Shoe
Industrialization
Architectural photography

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Removed from EP005: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection; 85M-01-314-Z-E-406

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