Trade card for D.B. Stetson, boots, shoes and slippers, Quincy, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-244839

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Description

In the image a bird defends her shoe nest from a cat. The image caption reads "A child's shoe without the A.S.T.C. black tip upon the toe does not even make a safe bird's nest." The A.S.T.C. shoes are a specialty.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
shoes (footwear)
boots
children (people by age group)
footwear
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : color illustration ; 3 1/4 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.07.03.012

Image Dimensions

3 1/4 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1927.

Places

Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Birds
Cats

Description Level

Item

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