Tissue wrapping paper for Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey, Milliner, Main Street, Falls Village, Connecticut, c. 1870s

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undated

GUSN

GUSN-363233

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clothing
Milliners
Clothing - Milliners - Folder 3
Tissue wrapping paper for Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey, Milliner, Main Street, Falls Village, Connecticut, c. 1870s
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clothing
    - Milliners
      - Clothing - Milliners - Folder 3
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        Trade card for E.B. Dix, hatter, 347 Main Street, Harford, Connecticut, undated
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        Trade card for Mrs. G.B. Wolf, millinery, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Besse, Baker & Co., clothing, Brockton, Mass., undated
        Trade card, Youngs the hatter is retailing hats, 45 Wall Street, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1882
        Trade card, at wholesale prices, Youngs, hatter, 45 Wall Street, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1882
        Letterhead for Peck, North & Fiske, hats, furs & straw goods, 9 Otis Street, Winthrop Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870
        Handbill for J.A. Wright, useful novelties & agents' supplies, 61 Myrtle Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Handbill for Mrs. W.S. Hibbard, new millinery and dress making rooms, Rumney, New Hampshire, undated
        Billhead for Henry M. Burr & Co., millinery, 490 Washington Street, 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870
        Tissue wrapping paper for Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey, Milliner, Main Street, Falls Village, Connecticut, c. 1870s (current record)

Description

Sheet of tissue wrapping paper advertising the millinery work of Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey of Falls Village, Canaan, Conn., printed c. 1870s. The illustrations on the advertisement include a hand holding up a bouquet of flowers (among which are bust portraits of women wearing fashionable hats) and two hat styles at the bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tissue paper
advertisements
business (commercial function)
milliners
hats
tissue paper
ink

Physical Descrption

1 rectangle of tissue paper (illustrated) ; 12 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.06.03.025

Places

Falls Village (Litchfield county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

Ward & Biddulph (Printer)
Cowdrey, E. C., Mrs. (Commissioner)

Material Type

tissue paper
ink

Other People

Cowdrey, E. C., Mrs.

Other Organizations

Ward & Biddulph

Description Level

Item

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