Reproductions of pencil sketches by Kenneth Conant, Foster Brothers, 4 Park Square, Boston, Mass., 192?

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Ephemera

Date

192?

GUSN

GUSN-242256

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Reproductions of pencil sketches by Kenneth Conant, Foster Brothers, 4 Park Square, Boston, Mass., 192?
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Art
    - Artists and dealers
      - Art - Artists and dealers - Folder 2
        Cottier and Co., 144 Fifth Avenue, New York, 8 Pall Mall, London, undated
        Reproductions of pencil sketches by Kenneth Conant, Foster Brothers, 4 Park Square, Boston, Mass., 192? (current record)
        Advertisement for the Mono-Chromatic Painting Academy, 265 Washington, corner of Winter Street, 1854
        Advertisement for Frederick Parker, book and print-seller, 50 and 52 Cornhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Williams & Everett, looking glasses and picture frames, No. 234 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for J. Eastman Chase, picture frames and works of art, No. 7 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass., undated
        Leaflet for Lowell's new art gallery, John A. Lowell & Co., 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Decade of divine inspiration, the tenth annual art extravaganza featuring the works of marine artists Racket Shreve & John Hutchinson, 44 Bay View Ave., Salem, Mass., November 7-21, 1986
        Pilot pandemonium announcing the twelfth annual art extravanganza featuring the works of marine artists Racket Shreve & John Hutchinson, 44 Bay View Ave., Salem, Mass., October 30-November 18, 1988
        Art gallery exhibit list, location unknown, undated
        Exhibition of works, Members of the Boston Society of Sculptors, Museum of Fine Arts, January 29 to February 22, 1925
        Celebration of Life - The Artwork of Lyn Hovey: Drawings, Paintings, Prints and Stained Glass Works
        Trade card for Foster Brothers, Marblehead Pottery, frames and children's books, 4 Park Square, Boston, Mass., undated
        Business card for Main Street Design, interpretive exhibition design, 103 Blanchard Road, Cambridge, Mass., undated
        Business card for iMarc, interactive media architects, 14 Inn Street, Newburyport, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Stevengraph Pure Silk Woven Pictures, manufactured by Thomas Stevens, Coventry, England, undated

Description

Foster Brothers manufacture picture and mirror frames and deal in prints, etchings, engravings, Marblehead pottery, greeting cards and illustrated children's books. The inside of the circular depicts prints of Durham and Notre Dame Cathedrals created from pencil sketches by Kenneth Conant. The business is also located at 78 Summer Street in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
frames (furnishings)
dealers
art galleries (buildings)
circulars (fliers)

Physical Description

1 circular ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.009.01.02.002

Image Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, 13 April 1923.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Arlington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

circulars (fliers)

Subjects

Cathedrals
Art dealers
Park Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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