Advertisement for Fairbanks' Standard Scales, Fairbanks, Brown & Co., 118 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., May 2, 1868

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1868-05-02

GUSN

GUSN-246358

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Equipment
Scales
Equipment - Scales - Folder 1
Advertisement for Fairbanks' Standard Scales, Fairbanks, Brown & Co., 118 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., May 2, 1868
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Equipment
    - Scales
      - Equipment - Scales - Folder 1
        Advertisement for Fairbank's Scale Warehouse, No. 252 Broadway, opposite The City Hall, New York, New York, April 11, 1863
        Advertisement for Howe's Standard Scales, Howe Scale Co., 131 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., April 25, 1868
        Fairbanks' Standard Scales, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 1876
        Trade card for Improved Howe Scales, Priest, Page & Co., Nos. 143 & 145 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Fairbanks' Standard Scales, Fairbanks, Brown & Co., 118 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., May 2, 1868 (current record)
        Patent Platform Scales, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsbury, Vermont, ca. 1853
        Billhead for E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., scales, 34 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 26, 1857
        Receipt for Fairbanks, Brown & Co., 83 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 18, 1888

Description

The Standard Scales were exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Fairbanks also carries Baldwin's Patent Alarm Money Drawer. The advertisement is from the "Boston journal," May 2, 1865.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
scales (weighing devices)
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement : illustration ; 6 x 2 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.039.02.01.005

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Lydia H. Chace, November 19, 1931.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

Subjects

Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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