Boston Optical Works, Charles Stodder, importer and agent for W. Wales and Jos. Zentmayer's microscopes, sole agent for the sale of microscopes and telescopes made by R.B. Tolles, 11th edition, Rialto, Room 12, 131 Devonshire, corner of Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1873

Location Note

Product catalogues: Miscellaneous

GUSN

GUSN-314662

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  • Boston Optical Works, Charles Stodder, importer and agent for W. Wales and Jos. Zentmayer's microscopes, sole agent for the sale of microscopes and telescopes made by R.B. Tolles, 11th edition, Rialto, Room 12, 131 Devonshire, corner of Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
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Description

The catalog has descriptions, testimonials and a price list. The business won an award at the 1869 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. There is a separate leaflet for "The new Liver Microscope, manufactured and sold by George S. Wood, late Abraham & Co., optician, Liverpool."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
microscopes
telescopes
optical instruments
trade catalogs
price lists

Physical Descrption

1 trade catalog, 22 pages : illustrations ; 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.016.052

Image Dimensions

9 1/2 x 5 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Wiscasset Public Library, 1989.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Optical Works (Publisher)
Stodder, Charles (Publisher)
Alfred Mudge and Son (Printer)

Material Type

trade catalogs
price lists

Other People

Tolles, Robert B.

Other Organizations

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association

Subjects

Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)
Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
School Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Miscellaneous

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