Trade card, The Meyer Sniffen Co., Ltd. invite your inspection of their plumbing appliances at the new show room, 180 Devonshire Street, John Hancock Building, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1892

GUSN

GUSN-326177

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Construction
Plumbing
Construction - Plumbing - Folder 1
Trade card, The Meyer Sniffen Co., Ltd. invite your inspection of their plumbing appliances at the new show room, 180 Devonshire Street, John Hancock Building, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Construction
    - Plumbing
      - Construction - Plumbing - Folder 1
        Advertisement for Wm. Mills & Co., plumbers, 235 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1884
        Trade card for Joseph B. Swift, practical plumber, 55 Merrimac Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Cooper, Jones & Cadbury, brass work, No.15 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Advertisement for Thomas Hoey, plumbers' steam and gas filters' supplies, Office and Sales Room at 141 to 147 Sumner Street, Machine Shop and Store House at New Street, East Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Dalton & Ingersoll, dealers in plumber's materials, 19 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Columbus Sewer Pipe Co., vitrified salt-glazed sewer pipe and terra cotta goods, Columbus, Ohio, April 1, 1880
        Billhead for T.J. Kinney, Dr., plumber, steam and gas fitter, 24 East Elm Street, Brockton, Mass., dated December 1, 1890
        Billhead for Edmund B. Vannevar & Co., practical coppersmiths, brass founders and plumbers, No. 58 Fulton Street, Boston, Mass., dated 1868
        Letterhead for Fiske & Coleman, Boston Fire Brick Works, 62 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 23, 1882
        Billhead for Isaac N. Tucker, plumber, 479 Tremont Street, near Dover Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 5, 1882
        Billhead for Isaac N. Tucker, Dr., plumber, 479 Tremont Street, near Dover Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 20, 1876
        Billhead for Isaac N. Tucker, Dr., plumber, 479 Tremont Street, near Dover Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 18, 1882
        Billhead for Isaac N. Tucker, Dr., plumber, 479 Tremont Street, near Dover Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 16, 1883
        Billhead for Isaac N. Tucker, Dr., plumber, 479 Tremont Street, near Dover Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 11, 1883
        Billhead for the Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Co., Dr., Office and Manufactory, 82 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated November 8, 1861
        Billhead for V.R. Donovan & Co., plumbers, steam and gas fitters, 95 No. Main Street, corner Linden Street, Brockton, Mass., dated October 6, 1906
        Letterhead for the Providence Steam & Gas Pipe Co., No. 82 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated September 10, 1857
        Handbill for Fogg's Universal Glass Cylinder Pump, manufactured by Darling & Dillingham, 229 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Advertisement for the Boston Steam and Gas Pipe Works, wrought iron steam and gas pipe, 239, 241, 243 and 245 Causeway Street, corner Medford Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card, The Meyer Sniffen Co., Ltd. invite your inspection of their plumbing appliances at the new show room, 180 Devonshire Street, John Hancock Building, Boston, Mass. (current record)
        Billhead, R.C. Sullivan Co., plumbing, heating and industrial supplies, 265 Sixth Street, corner Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.

Description

A handwritten note on the card verso, dated November 19, 1892, states there are too many plumbing companies.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
plumbers
plumbing fixtures
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.026.03.01.020

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., April 11, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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