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Trade card for S.Y. Tank Co., direct importers of all kinds of Chinese and Japanese fancy goods, 18 and 20 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera - Trade Cards

GUSN

GUSN-188184

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Description

Two Japanese women are dressed in kimonos, standing near a lake, in the card image. The store specialized in imports from Japan and China.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stores
kimonos
imports
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.041.01.03.018

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

S.Y. Tank Co. (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Harrison Avenue (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg.118.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera - Trade Cards

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