Postcard for Wigwarm Portable Houses, E. F. Hodgson, Dover, Mass., 1907

Description

Postcard displaying a photograph of a reproduction of Wigwarm Portable Houses at the Boston Sportsmen's Show in 1907. The caption reads, "Mr. Denan Thompson's Camp (Josh. Whitcomb of "Old Homestead") Swanzey Lake, West Swanzey, N.H. Reproduced at Boston Sportsmen's show, 1907." On the left of the photograph is the portable house along with some small trees, the center of the photograph has a fake backdrop of some mountains and a lake as well as a water feature in the foreground, and on the right of the photograph is a log cabin. Trees surround the display.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portable buildings
dioramas
advertising
ephemera
picture postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard : illustration ; 5 1/2 x 3/12 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.008.01.01.005

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., 2010

Places

Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

E.F. Hodgson Co. (Agency)

Material Type

ephemera
picture postcards

Other Organizations

E.F. Hodgson Co.

Description Level

Item

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