Framed advertisement for Pure Prepared Paints

Description

Framed advertisement for Pure Prepared Paints, manufactured by the Wadsworth, Martinez & Longman Paint Company, New York, circa 1880. Advertisement includes paint chips with recommended color schemas. Pure Prepared Paints were sold to the public as a semi-paste to which purchasers added their own linseed oil as a cost-saving measure (Historic New England Magazine, Winter 2021, backpage). Note on frame states Pure Prepared paints for sale locally by E. M. Wright & Co. in Orwell, Vermont.

Details

Descriptive Terms

manufacturers
paint shops
advertisements
advertisements

Physical Descrption

1 framed advertisement

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2020

Reference Code

EP001.01.086.01.05

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Sullivan, 2020

Places

Orwell (Addison county, Vermont)

Record Details

Originator

Wadsworth, Martinez & Longman

Material Type

advertisements

Subjects

Paint

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HAV-01-702-B-G

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