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Henry Pettes & Co.'s shawl saloon

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Collection Type

  • Art

GUSN

GUSN-198493

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Description

An interior view of Henry Pettes & Co.'s shawl room, with shawls covering tables and women holding them up to look at them. Customers walk through the room shopping and talking.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
stores
shopping
lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR248b

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.3550.010

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

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