Trade card for Enterprise patent cold handle double pointed smoothing, polishing & girls' irons, Burditt & Williams, 20 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-241935

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Appliances - Small - Folder 1
Trade card for Enterprise patent cold handle double pointed smoothing, polishing & girls' irons, Burditt & Williams, 20 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Appliances
    - Small
      - Appliances - Small - Folder 1
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        Trade card for Enterprise patent cold handle double pointed smoothing, polishing & girls' irons, Burditt & Williams, 20 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
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Description

The front is a cartoon showing a man with a burned hand being scolded by a woman who says he would not have been burned had he used a Mrs. Potts iron. The card verso describes the advantages of Enterprise irons with an illustration of the iron set.

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Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
irons (tools)
appliances
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.006.02.01.004

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Dock Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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