Postcard for W. & A. Bacon Dry Goods Store, Washington, corner Ruggles Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Department & dry goods stores
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Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 1
Postcard for W. & A. Bacon Dry Goods Store, Washington, corner Ruggles Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Department & dry goods stores
    - General
      - Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 1
        Postcard for W. & A. Bacon Dry Goods Store, Washington, corner Ruggles Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
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        Advertisement for William Bacon, clothing, Roxbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Envelope for the R.H. Stearns Company, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for C.F. Hovey & Co., importers of dry goods, 33 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 25, 1854
        Envelope for Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Illinois, undated
        Billhead for A.M. Collins, foreign and domestic dry goods, Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut, dated July 15, 1833
        Billhead for Kinmonth & Co., dry goods, 275 Washington & 8 & 10 Winter Streets, Boston, Mass., dated March 7, 1857
        Billhead for Kinmonth & Co., dry goods, 275 Washington & 8 & 10 Winter Streets, Boston, Mass., dated March 5, 1857
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign & domestic dry goods, 30 & 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 13, 1871
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign & domestic dry goods, 30 & 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 23, 1872
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated August 22, 1894
        Billhead for Miss O.P. Flynt, Dr., 619 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Mass., dated January 31, 1888
        Billhead for Beal, Higgins and Henderson, importers & dealers in dry goods, 477 to 481 Washington Street and 60 to 70 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated September 28, 1887
        Billhead for Charles Warren & Co., foreign and domestic dry goods, 92 Hanover, corner of Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 8, 1839
        Billhead for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, dry goods, 477 to 481 Washington Street, 60 to 70 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated October 1, 1877
        Billhead for Chandler & Co., 151 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 30, 1914
        Billhead for A. Sharpe & Co., foreign and domestic dry and fancy goods, Nos. 209, 211, 213 and 215 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated November 10, 1888
        Billhead for A. Sharpe & Co., foreign and domestic dry and fancy goods, Nos. 209, 211, 213 and 215 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated May 10, 1889
        Billhead for C.F. Hovey & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods, 33 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 19, 1898
        
        Billhead for A.W. Tedcastle & Co., boots and shoes, Albany Building, Boston, Mass., dated May 31, 1922
        Handbill for W. & A. Bacon, foreign and domestic dry goods, Bacon's Building, No. 85 Washington Street, Roxbury, Mass., dated August 27, 1857
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated October, 1888
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated September, 1889
        Billhead for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, dry goods, 299 & 301 Washington Street, 22 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated November 2, 1869
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign and domestic dry goods, 26 to 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., March 31, 1885
        Billhead for Farley, Harvey & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods, 141 to 149 Essex Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 21, 1904
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated October, 1894
        Handbill for Geo. W. Chipman & Co., dry-goods, 83 & 90 Hanover and 80 Blackstone Streets, Boston, Mass., dated February 1, 1850
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign & domestic dry goods, 26 to 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 14, 1881
        Billhead for C.F. Hovey & Co., importers of dry goods, No. 33 Summer and 42 Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated May 31, 1894
        D.R. Emerson & Co., mantilla, dress and cloak trimmings, buttons, & thread-store goods, No. 20 Winter Street, opposite Music Hall, Boston, Mass., ca. 1860
        Poster for S.F. Lothrop & Co., 507 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. and 29 Walker Street, New York, New York, ca. 1869
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., importers & dealers in foreign & domestic dry goods, 26 to 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 11, 1887
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., dry goods, 26 to 42 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1888-1889
        Billhead for Wilson, Larrabee & Co., dry goods, 29 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass., June 26, 1890
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell Co., dry goods, Winter St., Temple Place and Tremont St., Boston, Mass., circa 1900
        Billhead for R.H. White & Co., retail department, Washington St., Harrison Ave., Bedford St. & Norfolk Place, Boston, Mass., September 1, 1887

Description

The top of the card reads "Your Grandmother Traded Here." The image is captioned "Oldest Dry Goods Store in Boston." It was established in 1814. The image is Bacon's Corner in 1855.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
exterior views
commercial buildings
postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard : illustration ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.031.01.01.001

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. 1997.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Washington Street (Roxbury, Mass.)
Ruggles Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dry-goods

Description Level

Item

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