My cosy New England home, New England Coal & Coke Company, 111 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-307931

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Fuel
Coal and wood
Fuel - Coal and wood - Folder 1
My cosy New England home, New England Coal & Coke Company, 111 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Fuel
    - Coal and wood
      - Fuel - Coal and wood - Folder 1
        Trade card for Morrison & Drew, flour, coal, lime & cement, Old Yellow Store, Skowhegan, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Fowler, Rogers & Co., anthracite or bituminous coal, hard and soft wood, bark, No. 62 Sea Street, opposite East Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for W.A. Peirce, Bernice Coal, Lexington, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Henry Emerson, wood, Dorchester, Mass., dated September 23, 1839
        Postcard for Curran & Burton, Mason Building, 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 31, 1895
        Billhead for Chas. Frazer, dealer in coal, hay, straw and oats, Yard on Main Street, foot of Church, Clinton, Mass., dated December 15, 1889
        Geo. N. Holmes & Co., Franklin, Lackawanna, White Ash, Lehigh, Cumberland and Nut Coals, junction Montello and School Streets, Brockton, Mass., dated July 29, 1884
        Billhead for J.W. Parmenter & Co., hard and soft coal, wood, laths, lime, brick, hair, cement, Waltham, Mass., dated January 17, 1862
        Billhead for C.W. Hartshorne, English, anthracite and Smiths' Coal, Wood, Bark, etc., 18 Mt. Washington Avenue, Boston, Mass., January 10, 1876
        Billhead for Farwell Bros., coal, wood, sand, lime, cement, granite, 303 Dorchester Street, South Boston, Mass., dated November 9, 1883
        Billhead for William H. Prentice & Son, Dr., English, anthracite, and Smiths' Coal, Wood, Bark, etc., 326 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 29, 1869
        Billhead for T.P. Lerned, dealers in coal and wood, junction Broadway and Main Street, near the Bridge, Cambridgeport, Mass. and 17 Doane Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 1, 1858
        Billhead for Thomas & Co., hard and soft coal, wood, wharf, 548 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 18, 1880
        Billhead for J. Ellery Piper & Co., coal, wood, lime, sand, Newark-Rosendale Cement, bricks, plaster, hair, 476 & 478 Atlantic Avenue, near foot of Pearl Street and 564 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 4, 1881
        Billhead for J.W. Parmenter & Co., hard and soft coal, wood, laths, lime, brick, hair, cement, Waltham, Mass., dated September 19, 1861
        Billhead for J.W. Parmenter & Co., hard and soft coal, wood, laths, lime, brick, hair, cement, Waltham, Mass., dated May 18, 1861
        Handbill for Chase's Coal Hole Protector, Chase Brothers, No. 383 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 11, 1855
        Billhead for J.B. Young, hard & soft coal and wood for family use, office, 78 Warren Street, junction of Harrison Ave, wharf, Federal Street, Boston Highlands, Mass., dated May 26, 1879
        My cosy New England home, New England Coal & Coke Company, 111 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
        Billhead for D. Roby & Co., dealers in Lackawanna coal, wood, sand, lime and brick, 280 Causeway Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

Description

The brochure promotes the use of coke and illustrates the wrong and right methods of starting a fire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
fuel
coke (bituminous)
heating (physicochemical process)
furnaces (heating components)
exterior views
houses
brochures

Physical Descrption

1 brochure : color illustrations ; 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.047.01.01.019

Image Dimensions

6 1/2 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Helena Wright, December 2000.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

brochures

Subjects

Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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