Trade card, Fall River and Providence Steamboat Co.

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Date

1885

GUSN

GUSN-325821

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Transportation
General
Transportation - General - Folder 1
Trade card, Fall River and Providence Steamboat Co.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Transportation
    - General
      - Transportation - General - Folder 1
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        Trade card for J.H. Wood & Son, first-class livery & auto service, Nantucket, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Martin's Auto Express, 4164 Washington Street, Roslindale, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Fisk Tires, location unknown, undated
        Envelope for Boston, Concord, Montréal and White Mountains Railroad, location unknown, August 1874
        Brochure for the Checker Taxi Co., Back Bay ten thousand, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Trade card for Woodside Motor Livery, Inc., 222 Eliot Street, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Benefits and privileges of membership in the Automobile Legal Association, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for the Manassas Gap Rail Road Company, Alexandria Station, Virginia, 1800s
        Envelope for the Seeing Boston Cars, American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Co., 15 Park Square, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for The Boston & Lowell and Concord Railroads, Dr., Boston, Mass., dated November 13, 1882
        Today's high peak in motor car value, Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1920s
        Ford starting and lighting system, Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1919
        Billhead for Kidney & Libby, Dr., pavers and railroad contractors, 35 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 25, 1880
        Advertisement for the Indianapolis & St. Louis R.R. Bee Line Route, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1880
        Billhead for Aaron D. Capen, toll fee, Dorchester, Mass., dated April 6, 1840
        Receipt for the Old Colony Railroad Co., Boston, Mass., dated March 11, 1885
        Advertisement for The Union Pacific Railroad Company, New York City, New York, November 10, 1867
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        Advertisement for Chas. Davenport Car Manufactory, Cambridgeport, Mass., 1842-1857
        Antique auto show, 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 34th Street, New York, New York, 1948
        Ticket for the East Boston Ferry, Boston, Mass., 1844
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        Pass for the Casco Bay Steamboat Co., Portland, Maine, 1899
        Pass for Casco Bay Steamboat Co., Portland, Maine, 1902
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        South Shore of Massachusetts Bay, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., 1910
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        New North Station crochure, Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston, Mass., ca. 1935
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Description

One side of the card announces that the steamer Canonicus will make excursions from Providence to Block Island every Tuesday and Saturday, weather permitting, starting on July 7, 1885. The verso has a description of the the signal flags of the New England Meteorological Society from the office of the Providence Journal and Bulletin.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
transportation
steamboats
tourism
flags
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card : color illustrations ; 3 x 4 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.117.01.01.041

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Miss L.G. Chace, 21 April 1926.

Places

Fall River (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Block Island island (Washington county, Rhode Island) [island]

Record Details

Originator

Price & Lee Co. (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

New England Meteorological Society

Description Level

Item

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