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Postcard for Rich's Grill, game and seafood for connoisseurs, 153 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1907-1908

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1907-1908

Location Note

Ephemera - Seafood, restaurants

GUSN

GUSN-188191

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Description

The restaurant, established October 14, 1875,, claims to be "Boston's only grill room." The bottom of the postcard lists the game that was served in the 1907-1908 season.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
food
restaurants
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.046.05.02.047

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Wildlife as food
Federal Street (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. 119.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera - Seafood, restaurants

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