Handbill for W. & A. Bacon, foreign and domestic dry goods, Bacon's Building, No. 85 Washington Street, Roxbury, Mass., dated August 27, 1857

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1857-08-27

GUSN

GUSN-245876

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Department & dry goods stores
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Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 1
Handbill for W. & A. Bacon, foreign and domestic dry goods, Bacon's Building, No. 85 Washington Street, Roxbury, Mass., dated August 27, 1857
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Department & dry goods stores
    - General
      - Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 1
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        Envelope for the R.H. Stearns Company, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for C.F. Hovey & Co., importers of dry goods, 33 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 25, 1854
        Envelope for Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Illinois, undated
        Billhead for A.M. Collins, foreign and domestic dry goods, Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut, dated July 15, 1833
        Billhead for Kinmonth & Co., dry goods, 275 Washington & 8 & 10 Winter Streets, Boston, Mass., dated March 7, 1857
        Billhead for Kinmonth & Co., dry goods, 275 Washington & 8 & 10 Winter Streets, Boston, Mass., dated March 5, 1857
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign & domestic dry goods, 30 & 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 13, 1871
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign & domestic dry goods, 30 & 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 23, 1872
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated August 22, 1894
        Billhead for Miss O.P. Flynt, Dr., 619 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Mass., dated January 31, 1888
        Billhead for Beal, Higgins and Henderson, importers & dealers in dry goods, 477 to 481 Washington Street and 60 to 70 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated September 28, 1887
        Billhead for Charles Warren & Co., foreign and domestic dry goods, 92 Hanover, corner of Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 8, 1839
        Billhead for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, dry goods, 477 to 481 Washington Street, 60 to 70 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated October 1, 1877
        Billhead for Chandler & Co., 151 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 30, 1914
        Billhead for A. Sharpe & Co., foreign and domestic dry and fancy goods, Nos. 209, 211, 213 and 215 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated November 10, 1888
        Billhead for A. Sharpe & Co., foreign and domestic dry and fancy goods, Nos. 209, 211, 213 and 215 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated May 10, 1889
        Billhead for C.F. Hovey & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods, 33 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 19, 1898
        
        Billhead for A.W. Tedcastle & Co., boots and shoes, Albany Building, Boston, Mass., dated May 31, 1922
        Handbill for W. & A. Bacon, foreign and domestic dry goods, Bacon's Building, No. 85 Washington Street, Roxbury, Mass., dated August 27, 1857 (current record)
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated October, 1888
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated September, 1889
        Billhead for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, dry goods, 299 & 301 Washington Street, 22 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated November 2, 1869
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign and domestic dry goods, 26 to 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., March 31, 1885
        Billhead for Farley, Harvey & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods, 141 to 149 Essex Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 21, 1904
        Billhead for Jordan Marsh & Co., department store, Washington, Summer & Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated October, 1894
        Handbill for Geo. W. Chipman & Co., dry-goods, 83 & 90 Hanover and 80 Blackstone Streets, Boston, Mass., dated February 1, 1850
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., foreign & domestic dry goods, 26 to 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 14, 1881
        Billhead for C.F. Hovey & Co., importers of dry goods, No. 33 Summer and 42 Avon Streets, Boston, Mass., dated May 31, 1894
        D.R. Emerson & Co., mantilla, dress and cloak trimmings, buttons, & thread-store goods, No. 20 Winter Street, opposite Music Hall, Boston, Mass., ca. 1860
        Poster for S.F. Lothrop & Co., 507 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. and 29 Walker Street, New York, New York, ca. 1869
        Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., importers & dealers in foreign & domestic dry goods, 26 to 34 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 11, 1887

Description

The date "Aug. 27, 1857" is handwritten on the left side of the item.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stores
exterior views
commercial buildings
handbills

Physical Description

1 handbill : illustration; 8 1/2 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.031.01.01.022

Image Dimensions

8 1/2 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

handbills

Subjects

Dry-goods
Washington Street (Roxbury, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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