fbpx

Trade card for Hart, Schaffner and Marx clothing, at the Continental Clothing House, Boston, Mass., 1905

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1905

Location Note

Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards>Clothing>Men's>Folder 1

GUSN

GUSN-170039

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

A trade card for Hart, Schaffner and Marx hand-tailored clothing, sold at the Continental Clothing House, located at Washington Street and Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. A princely figure sits on a cushioned throne, with a dog sitting on his right. In the lower right corner is the name S.N. Abbott, who was Samuel Nelson Abbott, a longtime illustrator for Hart, Schaffner and Marx.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clothing stores
thrones
princes
men (male humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
advertising
business (commercial function)
trade cards (advertising)
chromolithographs
advertisements

Additional Identification Number

Digital ID 000403

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.05.01.001

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Chinatown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Abbott, S. N. (Samuel Nelson), 1874-1953? (Illustrator)
Hart, Schaffner & Marx (Manufacturer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
chromolithographs
advertisements

Other Organizations

Continental Clothing House

Subjects

Men's clothing
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dogs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards>Clothing>Men's>Folder 1

Historical/Biographical Note

Sources


http://www.americanartarchives.com/abbott.htm.

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].