Price list and advertisement for Henry F. Griffin, engraver, stationer, and printer, Boston, Mass., circa 1880

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-358554

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Printing - Etching and engraving - Folder 1
Price list and advertisement for Henry F. Griffin, engraver, stationer, and printer, Boston, Mass., circa 1880
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Printing
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        Price list and advertisement for Henry F. Griffin, engraver, stationer, and printer, Boston, Mass., circa 1880 (current record)

Description

Advertisment and price list for engraver and printer Henry F. Griffin. Services include specialty in wedding papers and envelopes, card engraving, monogram and die sinking, plate printing, wax seals, and door plates. Most notable throughout the booklet are thevariety of fonts used to advertise his services and the engraved print on the front cover. Take note also of the shading and overall design of the prints and borders on the front cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

engravings (prints)
printers (people)
advertising
printed ephemera
advertisements

Physical Descrption

1 advertisement booklet, 12 pages ; 5 3/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.02.01.010

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

printed ephemera
advertisements

Description Level

Item

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