Trade card for Weeks, Jordan & Co., booksellers & publishers and Russell, Shattuck & Co., 121 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1837

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1837

GUSN

GUSN-242574

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Books - Booksellers - Misc. - Folder 2
Trade card for Weeks, Jordan & Co., booksellers & publishers and Russell, Shattuck & Co., 121 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1837
(current record)

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Description

Russell, Shattuck deals in books, stationery, periodicals, maps and engravings. The two businesses are successors to S. Colman. The verso describes a prospectus available in August.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
bookstores
books
publishers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : illustration ; 6 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.013.03.02.003

Image Dimensions

6 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Lawrence Park, 27 May, 1921.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Booksellers and bookselling
Book industries and trade
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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