Trade card for Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, coffee, Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1877

GUSN

GUSN-247104

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Food
Beverages
Food - Beverages - Folder 4
Trade card for Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, coffee, Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Food
    - Beverages
      - Food - Beverages - Folder 4
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Description

The business fresh roasts and grinds Old Gov't, Java, and Mocha & Java Coffees every day. The bottom of the card reads "Copyrighted 1877 by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston." An Asian father and son play with kites in the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
coffee (food, dye)
kites (equipment)
play (recreation)
fathers
sons
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.02.04.004

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, October 2000.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Buffords Sons Lith. (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Beverages
Chauncy Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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