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Trade card for Excelsior Metal Polish, Walpole Emery Mills, 114 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-243345

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Description

The polish is carried by grocers and hardware dealers. Holway Wright & Miner is the manufacturer's agent with offices on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts and in New York, New York. The caption for the image is "How earnestly precious."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
metal
polishing
flowers (plants)
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 4 x 2 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.021.01.02.002

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
State Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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