Trade card, John J. Horgan, 53 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-369729

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Art
Sculpture
Art - Sculpture - Folder 1
Trade card, John J. Horgan, 53 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Art
    - Sculpture
      - Art - Sculpture - Folder 1
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        Trade card, John J. Horgan, 53 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated (current record)
        Advertisement, Marble and granite cemetery work, John J. Horgan, Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

Description

The business designs and manufactures cemetary work in marble and granite. The front has an illustration of the John J. Horgan workshop and the reverse lists monuments made by the business located in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
monuments
graveyards
statues
tombstones (sepulchral monuments)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card; illustrated; 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.009.03.01.006

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., October 2009.

Places

Cambridgeport (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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