Business card for Lord Timothy Dexter Antique, antiques, 201 High Street, Newburyport, Mass., circa 1940

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undated

GUSN

GUSN-359191

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Antiques
Antiques - Trade Cards - Folder 1
Business card for Lord Timothy Dexter Antique, antiques, 201 High Street, Newburyport, Mass., circa 1940
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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    - Antiques - Trade Cards - Folder 1

Description

Business card for Lord Timothy Dexter Antique Shop in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The card features a man in colonial dress holding a cane, accompanied by a small dog. The names Virginia Bowlen and Norma Belt are located at the bottom corners of the card.

Details

Descriptive Terms

antiques (object genre)
advertising
printed ephemera
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Descrption

1 business card : illustration ; 3 1/2 x 2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.005.01.017

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Jane Nylander, 2014

Places

Newburyport (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

printed ephemera
trade cards (advertising)

Accruals Note

From the donor: "The business cards were found with others less interesting in material from the Colonial Acres Antique Shop which was located in the shed of my parents house in 1940s and 1950s"

Description Level

Item

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