Carley Life Float Company collection, circa 1915, 1917

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

HGO-01-001-R-A-4

GUSN

GUSN-359713

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Description

Collection contains one albumen print on mount, one letter and envelope, one postal card, and one product specifications related to the Carley Life Float Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The albumen print depicts approximately thirty undidentified boys in a Carley Life Float. It is undated and the photographer is unknown. The letter and accompanying envelope, dated December 22 and December 23, 1917 respectively, were sent to Mrs. Marie Annie Frost discussing future business plans for the Carley Life Float Company. The postcal card notifies stockholders of the Carley Life Float Company of the Annual Meeting date at the Hotel Westminster in Boston, Massachusetts. It is dated July 24, 1917 and was sent from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The postal card was addressed to George G. Frost in Newton Center, Massachusetts. The product specifications is 24 page booklet laying out the history of the Carley Life Float, details about its design and uses, illustrations and photographs of the Carley Life Float in use, and opinions on the product from the press and experts. The catalogue is undated and was printed by the Printing House James A. Rogers in New York, New York.

Details

Descriptive Terms

safety
safety and related concepts
rafts
life-saving
fishing
postal cards
patents
business letters
specifications
trade catalogs
albumen prints
trade catalogs
product specifications
letters (correspondence)

Physical Descrption

1 photographic print : albumen, mounted
1 letter
1 envelope
1 product specifications
1 postal card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2021

Reference Code

EP001.12.016.078

Acqusition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Date Notes

circa 1915, 1917

Credit Line

Library & Archives purchase, 2021

Places

Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Newton Center (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
New York City (New York state)
Cambridgeport (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Carley Life Float Company (Agency)
Printing House James A. Rogers (Printer)

Material Type

albumen prints
trade catalogs
product specifications
letters (correspondence)

Other Organizations

United States Navy
Carley Life Float Company

Subjects

Advertisement

Restrictions

Albumen print has some silvering. Product specifications has large tear on front cover and majority of pages are detached.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-R-A-4

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