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Trade card for Edward P. Adams, landscape architect and sanitary engineer, 178 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-242213

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Description

Adams is the successor to Adams & Muzzey. The card verso lists the shortest routes and walking time from railroad stations to the Adams office in Richardson's Building on Devonshire Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
landscape architects
sanitary engineers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.007.01.04.004

Image Dimensions

3 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 1997.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Sanitary engineering
Landscape design
Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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