Trade card for Centennial Safety Oil, Maverick Oil Company, 61 1/2 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Oils
General
Oils - General - Folder 1
Trade card for Centennial Safety Oil, Maverick Oil Company, 61 1/2 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Oils
    - General
      - Oils - General - Folder 1
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        Billhead for A.W. Dearborn & Co., manufacturers and dealers in high grades of lubricating oils and greases, No. 12 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., dated July 21, 1885
        Billhead for William Lincoln, agent for Philbrick's Coal Oil Works, No. 13 India Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 18, 1861
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        Billhead for Samuel Cabot, Inc., manufacturing chemists, 141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 22, 1916
        Billhead for the Downer Kerosene Oil Co., office, No. 108 Water Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 24, 1869
        Billhead for Seccomb, Kehew & Sons, manufacturers of lubricating oils, No. 24 Purchase Street and No. 365 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Trade card for Pure Refined Paraffine, as manufactured by the Standard Oil Company
        Trade card advertising Centennial Safety Oil, Maverick Oil Company, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
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        Trade card, Samuel Walker & Co., manufacturers of and dealers in oil and lubricating oils, Boston Standard Oil, No. 33 India Street, Boston, Mass.
        Trade card, Means, Palmer & Co., dealers in kerosene, sperm, lard and whale oils, Nos. 126 & 128 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
        Trade card, Gulf Solar Heat, Gulf Oil Corporation
        Trade card, for comfort, safety & economy use Beacon Light Oil, manufactured by Beacon Oil Company, Boston, Mass.

Description

The card is illustrated with two images: one is dated 1776 with a man struggling to read a paper by the light of a fire, the second is dated 1880 and features a family sitting around a table, lit by oil lamp, reading, doing handiwork, and playing with ease. The product won the Highest Premium at the 1878 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Fair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil lamps
safety lamps
fireplaces
leisure
tables (support furniture)
advertising
business (commercial function)
oil (organic material)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.084.01.01.016

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

Maverick Oil Company (Boston, Mass.)
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association

Subjects

Broad Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Included in the Pilgrims, Patriots, and Products exhibit.

Description Level

Item

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