Trade card for Brown, fine boots and shoes, 461 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clothing
Shoes and boots
Clothing - Shoes and boots - Folder 6
Trade card for Brown, fine boots and shoes, 461 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clothing
    - Shoes and boots
      - Clothing - Shoes and boots - Folder 6
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        Trade card for Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes, New York, 1879
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        Trade card for Walter S. Welton, fine boots & shoes, 338 Chapel Street, location unknown, undated
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        Trade card for The Ladies Blacking, G.H. Wood & Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for B.F. Walton, boots, shoes and rubbers, Goodell's Block, Antrim, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for D.F. Thompson, fine boots & shoes, Milford, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for S.D. Sollers & Co.'s, fine shoes, 417 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880
        Envelope for Montague & Adams, boy's clothing, 215 High Street, location unkown, undated
        Trade card for D.F. Thompson, fine boots and shoes, Milford, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for D.F. Thompson, fine boots, shoes and rubbers, Milford, New Hampshire, 1881
        Trade card for The Candee, specialties in rubber boots and shoes, C.H. Hopkins, Greenfield, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for Candee Arctics, shoes, C.H. Hopkins, Greenfield, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for Solar Tip Shoes, John Mundell & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for Bartholmesz & Gilbert, French & American calf skins, 97 High Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Bridgeport Goring, Bridgeport Elastic Web Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for R. Johnson, sample boots and shoes, 106 Pleasant Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The American Shoe Tip Company (A.S.T. Co.), Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The Boston Shoe Store, 113 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Maine., undated
        Trade card for Oran McCormick Inc., publishers, 147 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Brown, fine boots and shoes, 461 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, undated (current record)
        Trade card for Brown, fine boots and shoes, 461 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes, New York, New York, 1881
        Trade card for Schayer Brothers, Alligator Skin House, No. 71 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 9, 1883
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        Trade card for Bostonians, famous shoes for men, Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co., Whitman, Mass, undated
        Trade card for Solar Tip Shoes, John Mundell & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for Standard Screw Fastened Boots and Shoes, location, undated
        Postcard for The Cummings Company, 406 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 2, 1907
        Trade card for Frank P. Mudge, hand sewed boots & shoes, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Solar Tip Shoes, John Mundell & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for P.E. Abbott, fine boots and shoes, No. 4 Sterling Block, location unknown, August 1882
        Trade card for Rice & Hutchins, shoes, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Solar Tip & Pansy Shoes for children, John Mundell & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for I.L. McClary, boots, shoes and rubbers, Peacham, Vermont, undated
        Leaflet for the Patent Reversible Heel for boots, shoes and rubber boots, The Reversible Heel Company, 105 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for S.D. Hadley & Co., shoes, Northamption, Mass., Fall 1882
        Notebook for the Farnsworth, Hoyt Co., Lincoln and Essex Streets, Boston, Mass., 1920
        
        Trade card for The Ladies Blacking, G.H. Wood & Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for A. H. Howe & Sons, 170 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1908 October 12
        Postcard for Senti-Metal baby shoe bronzing, Senti-Metal, undated
        Advertisement, Gucci, undated
        Trade card for Candee Rubbers, L. Candee & Co., New Haven, Conn., undated
        Tradecard for Globe Buffer Co., Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Description

The card verso describes Brown as the headquarters for summer visitors and as having the largest stock and finest shoe assortment in Maine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
shoes (footwear)
boots
flowers (plants)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : color illustration ; 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.07.06.031

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Congress Street (Portland, Me.)

Description Level

Item

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