Billhead for Pratts Food, Eames & Towne, poultry food, Main St., Keene, New Hampshire, undated

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GUSN-241714

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Feeds
Agriculture - Feeds - Folder 1
Billhead for Pratts Food, Eames & Towne, poultry food, Main St., Keene, New Hampshire, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Feeds
      - Agriculture - Feeds - Folder 1
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Description

The billhead features a large seal for Pratts Food. Stamped across the top it reads "George H. Eames successor to" Eames & Towne, dealers in flour, grain, feed, baled hay, salt and other goods. The Eames Grist Mill is located in Ashulot, New Hampshire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
agriculture
billheads

Physical Descrption

1 billhead ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.03.01.003

Image Dimensions

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Keene (Cheshire county, New Hampshire)
Ashuelot (Cheshire county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Material Type

billheads

Subjects

Feeds
Main Street (Keene, N.H.)
Feed industry

Description Level

Item

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