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Ephemera / Product catalogues / Furniture
GUSN-390025
This catalog is a series of individual pages showing black-and-white photographs of furniture items manufactured by William Leavens & Company. In addition to individual pieces of furniture, some pages show room elevations with examples of furniture arrangement.
The pages were mailed in a heavy paper envelope [retained] to Mrs. R.P. Esty / North East Harbor / Me. Return address provides the company name and an address of 32 Canal Street, Boston. The envelope has 2 postage stamps and a cancellation stamp from Boston Mass.
furniture
trade catalogs
catalogs
Approximately 190 sheets : black-and-white photographs ; 7 x 5 1/2 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
2023
EP001.12.009.002.134
Gift
Gift of Frances Wetherell, 2023
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Northeast Harbor (Washington county, Maine) [bay]
Leavens Furniture Company (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)
catalogs
Leavens Furniture Company (Boston, Mass.)
Furniture
Item was rehoused for long-term preservation
Item
Ephemera / Product catalogues / Furniture
Furniture catalog, William Leavens & Co., manufacturers, Boston, Mass.
William & Leavens & Company was founded in 1874 (incorporated January 1, 1898) by George M. Leavens and Thomas Trefry in Boston, Massachusetts. In early 1948, the firm was purchased by Paines of Boston, a local competitor.
The company operated under several names: Leavens & Trefry (1874-1885); G. M. Leavens & Son (1885-1898); and William Leavens & Company (1898-1948)
Vintage Advertising & Company Histories. Companies of Boston, MA. (n.d.) Fandom Wiki. mycompanies.fandom.com/wiki/William_Leavens_%26_Company
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