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Trade card for the D.D. Kelly Marine Railway, Sumner Street, East Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera - Trade cards

GUSN

GUSN-189520

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Description

An image of a large sailing ship appears above a description of the type of work the company performs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sailing ships
shipbuilding
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.122.01.02.007

Places

East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.E. Farwell & Co. (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

D.D. Kelly Marine Railway (East Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Marine railways
Sumner Street (East 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. 63.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera - Trade cards

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