ca. 1870
Vertical file 4: OVR 41-50
GUSN-198970
This is a two-tone woodcut of the Hallet, Davis, and Co. building in Boston's South End, showing a very detailed street scene with carriages, and factory wagons carrying piano boxes. The print advertises that Hallet, David & Co. is the sole agency for Rugg's Music Store in Lowell, Mass.
manufacturers
factories (structures)
musical instruments
wagons (cargo vehicles)
agents
prints (visual works)
woodcuts (prints)
broadsides (notices)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number 47OVR
1 woodcut
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.047
28.25 x 40.25 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
prints (visual works)
woodcuts (prints)
broadsides (notices)
Hallet, Davis & Co.
Rugg's Music Store
Piano
Fair
Item
Vertical file 4: OVR 41-50
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