Advertisement for R.H. Spalding, burning fluid, Nos. 8 & 9 Tremont Row, opposite head of Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., 1855

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Ephemera

Date

1855

GUSN

GUSN-257954

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Lighting
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Lighting - General - Folder 3
Advertisement for R.H. Spalding, burning fluid, Nos. 8 & 9 Tremont Row, opposite head of Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., 1855
(current record)

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      - Lighting - General - Folder 3
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        Directions for assembling operating and maintaining the Nu-Type Aladdin Instant-Light Kerosene Mantle Lamp, Model B, The Mantle Lamp Company of America, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, undated
        Advertisement for R.H. Spalding, burning fluid, Nos. 8 & 9 Tremont Row, opposite head of Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., 1855 (current record)
        Trade card for R. Hollings & Co., gas fixture manufacturers, 545 & 547 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Read these directions before you attempt to operate the burner, location unknown, undated
        Abbott's Kerosene Light Extinguisher, C.E. Abbott, No. 30 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., 1866
        Circular for Champion Chimneys, Alexander Mills, dealer in lamp goods, crockery and glass ware, 25 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Ready to use Electric Light Outfits for Christmas decorations, Edison Dec. & Min. Lamp Dept, Harrison, New Jersey, undated
        Trade card for Thackara, Buck and Co., fine gas fixtures and bronzes, 718 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876
        Trade card for Ellis' Patent Gas Burner, Regulator, and Shade Combined, Ellis, Dinsmore & York, proprietors and manufacturers, 349 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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Description

Spalding manufactures Porter's Patent Burning Fluid and deals in lamps of various types. "Alm 1855" is handwritten on the bottom of the advertisement verso.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
lighting
lamps (lighting devices)
lighting fixtures
advertisements

Physical Descrption

1 advertisement ; 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.071.01.03.016

Image Dimensions

5 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

Subjects

Tremont Row (Boston, Mass.)
Hanover Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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