Trade card for A. Stowell & C., importers and retailers, 24 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Business and finance
Commerce
Business and finance - Commerce - Folder 1
Trade card for A. Stowell & C., importers and retailers, 24 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Business and finance
    - Commerce
      - Business and finance - Commerce - Folder 1
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Description

The image on the card verso is of a little girl, with her arm around a baby, perched atop a globe. The caption reads "Venus." Stowell deals in clocks, bronzes, silverware and jewelry.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
jewelers
jewelry
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : illustration ; 3 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.016.05.01.007

Image Dimensions

3 x 4 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1927.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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