Trade card for the Old South Clothing House, opposite the Old South Church, 315 and 317 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-191770

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clothing
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Clothing - General - Folder 2
Trade card for the Old South Clothing House, opposite the Old South Church, 315 and 317 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clothing
    - General
      - Clothing - General - Folder 2
        Advertisement for L.D. Boise & Co., clothing, 154 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., ca.1863
        Advertisement for John Gove & Co., clothing, cloths, and furnishing goods, Nos. 28, 30, 32, 34, and 36 Merchants' Row and 1 Market Square, Boston, Mass., ca.1854
        Label for Coes & Stodder, men's shoes, 10 to 14 School Street, Boston, Mass., October 25, 1923
        Envelope for R.H. White & Co., clothing, 518 to 536 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Continental Clothing House, clothing and furnishing goods, 744, 746, 748 & 750 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Continental Clothing House, clothing and furnishing goods, 744, 746, 748 & 750 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Invitation for A. Shuman & Company, wholesale and retail clothiers, 440 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., September 29, 1880
        Spring and summer, 1876, L.P. Hollander & Co., 494 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1876
        Trade card for the Old South Clothing House, opposite the Old South Church, 315 and 317 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
        Advertisement, Pond's Clothing Store, 10 & 12 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
        John Gove & Co.'s clothing circular for the spring and summer of 1854, Nos. 28, 30, 32, 34, & 36 Merchants Row & No. 1 Market Square, Boston, Mass.
        Billhead for Elbridge G. Morse, 53 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass., November 16, 1875
        Billhead for Elbridge G. Morse, 53 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass., November 16, 1875

Description

The card features an illustration of the Old South Meeting House, listed as the Old South Church, surrounding buildings and a trolley car.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clothing
clothing stores
ready-to-wear
commercial buildings
meeting houses (religious buildings)
churches (buildings)
advertising
business (commercial function)
historic sites
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.01.02.009

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

Old South Clothing House

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Included in the Pilgrims, Patriots, and Products exhibit.

Description Level

Item

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