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Henry Pettes & Co.'s carpet room

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198492

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Description

An interior view of Henry Pettes & Co.'s carpet room, with carpets covering the floors and rolled up carpets on shelves on the walls. Customers walk through the room shopping.

Details

Descriptive Terms

carpets
stores
shopping
lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR248a

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1923-05-24

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3550.009

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

5.75 x 9 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer)

Material Type

lithographs
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Variant Title

Interior of George W. Pettes Dry Goods Warehouse

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

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