Trade card for E. B. Chase & Company, corner of Union and Fifth Streets, New Bedford, Mass, circa 1900

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-358499

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Description

Trade card for E. B. Chase Company as agents for the Estey Piano Company. The card has information about the E. B. Chase Company, lising the address in New Bedford, MA and advertising themselves as agents for the New Home Sewing Machine, Estey Pianos and Organs (along with other piano manufacturers), and picture frames. Side verso has a chromolithograph of a woman standing next to an Estey piano. The Estey company name and location is printed along the bottom and the image is credited to Ketterlinus, a lithographic printing company based in Philadelphia.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pianos
manufacturing
advertising
organs (aerophones)
printed ephemera
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 trade card ; 3 3/8 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.082.02.02.031

Credit Line

Purchased 2007

Places

New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

E. B. Chase & Co. (Agency)

Material Type

printed ephemera
trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

E. B. Chase & Co.

Description Level

Item

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