Brochure for The Bookshop for Boys & Girls, 264 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1916

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

ca. 1916

GUSN

GUSN-245130

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Brochure for The Bookshop for Boys & Girls, 264 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1916
(current record)

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Description

The services of The Bookshop, which opened October 9, 1916, are described. It is located on the second floor of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union Building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
bookstores
women (female humans)
charities (nonprofit organizations)
vocational guidance
vocational training
reading
books
children (people by age group)
brochures

Physical Description

1 brochure : illustration ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.024.01.02.011

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

brochures

Other Organizations

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Children's books

Description Level

Item

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