Trade card for Phillips & Howland, lunch bar, 113 Broad Street, Providence, Rhode Island

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GUSN-336518

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Food enterprises
Restaurants
Food enterprises - Restaurants - Folder 3
Trade card for Phillips & Howland, lunch bar, 113 Broad Street, Providence, Rhode Island
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Food enterprises
    - Restaurants
      - Food enterprises - Restaurants - Folder 3
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        Trade card for Phillips & Howland, lunch bar, 113 Broad Street, Providence, Rhode Island (current record)

Description

The dishes served at the restaurant are described on the card verso. In the illustration a couple walks on a beach where bathers are enjoying themselves. There is a steamship in the background. On the right side of the image two women in a ladies bathhouse can be seen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
food
restaurants
lunchrooms
beaches
bathers
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card :color illustration ; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.046.05.03.007

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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