Trade card for Mrs. H.C. Pierce, fashionable milliner, No. 8 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1838-1844

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1838-1844

GUSN

GUSN-244771

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Clothing
Milliners
Clothing - Milliners - Folder 3
Trade card for Mrs. H.C. Pierce, fashionable milliner, No. 8 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1838-1844
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Clothing
    - Milliners
      - Clothing - Milliners - Folder 3
        Trade card for Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Bradford's Millinery Store, Barre, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for Henry M. Burr & Co., millinery goods, 490 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Miss E.E. Bemis, fashionable millinery and fancy goods, North Brookfield, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Harper & Lovett, Fayal Hats, Baskets, No. 312 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Mrs. H.C. Pierce, fashionable milliner, No. 8 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1838-1844 (current record)
        Trade card for Miss E.E. Bemis, fashionable millinery and fancy goods, North Brookfield, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Miss M.L. Page, millinery & fancy goods, Post Office Block, Montpelier, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for Combination Hat Co., factory, 28 Newark Avenue J.C., Bethel, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for D.A. Mariner, practical hatter, 19 & 20 Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Miss E.C. Mansfield, 70 Trinity Terrace, Copley Place, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for M.C. Cowan & Co., millinery, 129 Main Street, Biddeford, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Star Clothing House, 808 Elm Street, location unknown, 1883
        Trade card for J. Rothschild, millinery, 32 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for S. Milkman & Co., millinery and hair goods, 161 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for E.B. Dix, hatter, 347 Main Street, Harford, Connecticut, undated
        Notebook for A.B.Currier's Hat Store, 709, 711, 713 Washington Street, corner Eliot Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894
        Trade card for Mrs. G.B. Wolf, millinery, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Besse, Baker & Co., clothing, Brockton, Mass., undated
        Trade card, Youngs the hatter is retailing hats, 45 Wall Street, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1882
        Trade card, at wholesale prices, Youngs, hatter, 45 Wall Street, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1882
        Letterhead for Peck, North & Fiske, hats, furs & straw goods, 9 Otis Street, Winthrop Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870
        Handbill for J.A. Wright, useful novelties & agents' supplies, 61 Myrtle Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Handbill for Mrs. W.S. Hibbard, new millinery and dress making rooms, Rumney, New Hampshire, undated
        Billhead for Henry M. Burr & Co., millinery, 490 Washington Street, 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870
        Tissue wrapping paper for Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey, Milliner, Main Street, Falls Village, Connecticut, c. 1870s

Description

The card vero has a handwritten statement "Hannah Cummings Pierce widow of Amasa Pierce who died Feb. 21, 1838. She married Nov. 3, 1844 Edward Emerson of Hollis N.H. so this card was used sometime between 1838 and 1844."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
milliners
hatters
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.06.03.005

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Millinery
Court Street (Boston, Mass.)
Hanover Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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