Calendar for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1903

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Collection Type

  • art

Date

1903

GUSN

GUSN-274081

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Description

Paul Revere's ride and Christ Church where the signal lanterns were displayed are shown in the calendar illustrations. The bottom of the item reads "Francis Marsh, Manager for Eastern Massachusetts, Room 1, 178 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass." The item verso describes the roles of John Hancock and Paul Revere in the events that sparked the American Revolution.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
insurance
statesmen
governors
silversmiths
chromolithographs
calendars

Physical Descrption

1 print on paper mounted on board : chromolithograph ; 16 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.13.01.013

Image Dimensions

16 1/4 x 13 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Adelaide Fowler, 11 October 1930.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (Publisher)
Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company (Printer)

Material Type

chromolithographs
calendars

Other People

Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818

Subjects

Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)
Salem Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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