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Postcard, smoking-room, suite of rooms, our house-furnishing annex, Jordan Marsh Company, Avon, Chauncy and Bedford Streets, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1906

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Washington St.: Postcards

GUSN

GUSN-195646

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Description

A model smoking room can be seen in the photograph. Text on the front of the postcard reads, "The largest store in New England devoted exclusively to furniture, floor coverings, draperies, wall papers, etc."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
furniture
interior decoration
department stores
postcards

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000754
AccessID 994
Other identifier HNEDID-000754

Physical Description

1 postcard : photograph ; 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.050.02.01.01.019

Date Notes

ca. 1906

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Jordan Marsh Company (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Architectural photography
Avon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Chauncy Street (Boston, Mass.)
Bedford Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Washington St.: Postcards

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