Letterhead for Raymond & Ayer, tea importers, No. 45 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1870s

GUSN

GUSN-299445

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Food - Beverages - Folder 3
Letterhead for Raymond & Ayer, tea importers, No. 45 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s
(current record)

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        Letterhead for Raymond & Ayer, tea importers, No. 45 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s (current record)

Description

The names Henry E. Raymond and Benjamin Ayer are at the top of the letterhead. The business also has an office in New York City at No. 124 Front Street. Information on the business is from the "Boston almanac & business directory," (Boston : Sampson, Davenport & Co., 1885), page 502. The almanac is in Google Books.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
tea
food
letterheads

Physical Descrption

1 letterhead ; 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.02.03.006

Image Dimensions

3 1/4 x 5 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Gregory Smart, December 1999.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

letterheads

Subjects

Beverages
Broad Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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