Benjamin Franklin primer, Boston School Supply Co., 15 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., 1880, c1878

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1880

GUSN

GUSN-246131

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Education
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Education - General - Folder 3
Benjamin Franklin primer, Boston School Supply Co., 15 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., 1880, c1878
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Education
    - General
      - Education - General - Folder 3
        Invitation from the Class of '81, Bromfield School, Bromfield Hall, Harvard, Mass., 1881
        Class day exercises, location unknown, June 20, 1888
        Graduation exercises, Class of '95, Limerick Academy, Town Hall, Limerick, Maine, May 2, 1895
        Exercises of the Minervian Society, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, November 14, 1872
        Teacher's ticket for the Old South lectures for young people, Old South Meeting House, Boston, Mass., 1902
        Envelope for the N.H. Business College, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated
        Anniversary exercises, Vermont Methodist Seminary and Female College, Montpelier, Vermont, 1887
        Benjamin Franklin primer, Boston School Supply Co., 15 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., 1880, c1878 (current record)
        Annual banquet, Barnes School, East Boston School Center, East Boston, Mass., May 12, 1938
        Public exercises of the graduating class, Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont, June 21, 1888
        Public exercises of the graduating class, Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont, June 21, 1888
        Public exercises of the graduating class, Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont, June 20, 1889
        Deeds, not words, location unknown, undated
        Deeds, not words, location unknown, undated
        Mount Tom Summer School, Easthampton, Mass., 1937
        Misses Whitney Select Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and Misses, No. 9 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., 1863
        I.N. Carleton's Home and Day School for Boys, Bradford, Mass., 1886
        Billhead for the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, dated November 18, 1925
        New Hampshire school register, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1870
        Open house, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., April 30, 1927
        Senior dramatics, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 1907
        Float night 1935, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., 1935
        Commencement week, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., June 11-15, 1915
        Emerson, formerly Monroe, College of Oratory 1892-93, corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets, Boston, Mass.

Description

The work "is a good-natured satire on the primers and first readers in common use." Pages 3 and 4 are missing in this copy.

Details

Descriptive Terms

readers
children (people by age group)
education
primers (books)

Physical Description

1 primer : illustration ; 6 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.034.01.03.008

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

primers (books)

Subjects

Bromfield Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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