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Trade card for Griffith-Stillings Press, Stillings Building, 368 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Printing, Etching, and Engraving (Greg Smart)

GUSN

GUSN-195555

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Description

The Griffith-Stillings Press was a continuation of two separate companies from Boston and Holyoke, Massachusetts. The card is illustrated with a man using an ink spreader.

Details

Descriptive Terms

printing (process)
printers (people)
trade catalogs
Craftsman (style)
advertising
business (commercial function)
trade cards (advertising)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000666
AccessID 901
Other identifier HNEDID-000666

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.02.01.001

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 8 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Holyoke (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Griffith-Stillings Press (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Printing, Etching, and Engraving (Greg Smart)

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