Envelope, The Boston Music Co., 116 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Music
General
Music - General - Folder 1
Envelope, The Boston Music Co., 116 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Music
    - General
      - Music - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for the Boston Union Band, office, Howe's Music Store, No. 61 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Chas. W. Lee, harmonica soloist, Bay State Lyceum Bureau, 25 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1881
        Trade card for the Smith American Organ Company, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1871
        Martz's new song book, Prof. D. Martz, 334 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass., undated
        Handbill for the wonderful microphone or sound magnifier, Edison's phonograph or talking machine, Willard's Yankee Doodle or The Spirit of '76, The Old South, Boston, Mass., dated October 27, 1878
        Advertisement for The Stella Music Box, Jacot & Son, 39 E. Union Square, New York, New York, September 1898
        Brochure for the Aeolian Vocalion, The Aeolian Company, 29 West 42nd Street, New York and 11 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 1916
        Victories of the 23d Army Corps at Franklin, Murfresboro, Nashville, G.P. Hardwick, Washington, D.C., undated
        Brochure for The Edison Phonograph, location unknown, undated
        Billhead for the Oliver Ditson Company, music publishers and dealers in music, music books and musical instruments, 453 to 459 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 29, 1901
        Song and Gift Shop, Jerome H. Remick & Co., 168 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Lawrence disaster, composed by A.W. Harmon, location unknown, undated
        Phonograph records from The Boston Music Co., 116-122 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.
        Envelope, The Boston Music Co., 116 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. (current record)
        Billhead for the Eastern Talking Machine Company, 177 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1910
        Program for The Boston Musical Art Orchestra, conducted by James Hinton, circa 1930

Description

The business carries, phonograph records, record cabinets, sheet music, musical instruments, radios, jewelry and greeting cards. Text on the item verso reads "Over sixty years in Boston." There is a telephone order service. The storefront can be seen in the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
musical instruments
phonograph records
envelopes

Physical Descrption

1 envelope : illustration ; 10 x 13 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.081.01.01.014

Image Dimensions

10 x 13 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Music Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

envelopes

Subjects

Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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