1860
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GUSN-198374
The bottom half of the handbill announces a sale "in consequence of the depression in financial matters, caused by recent events." The store is "opposite the Revere House." Jenkins, watches and jewelry, Lamkin & Greene, boots and shoes and Farley, Bliss, dry goods are located in the Coolidge Building. The Bowdoin Square Baptist Church is to the left of the Coolidge Building.
advertising
business (commercial function)
shoes (footwear)
jewelry
hotels (public accommodations)
churches (buildings)
squares (open spaces)
handbills
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR67
1 handbill : illustration
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.231
17 x 11 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Moody, Charles C. P. (Charles Cotesworth Pinckney), d. 1869 (Printer)
Waud, William, d. 1878 (Artist)
handbills
Bowdoin Square (Boston, Mass.)
Dry-goods
Poor
Item
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