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Trade cards for C.T. Sylvester, 25 cent ambrotypes, 4 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Trade Ephemera: Photography

GUSN

GUSN-197241

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Description

Sylvester is the successor to James & Company. He will copy daguerreotypes to ambrotypes or photographs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
photographers
photography
ambrotypes (photographs)
trade cards (advertising)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 002082
AccessID 4048
Other identifier HNEDID-002082

Physical Description

2 trade cards ; 2 1/2 x 2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.090.02.01.006

Image Dimensions

2 1/2 x 2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Hill, 2 January 1923.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Summer Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Trade Ephemera: Photography

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