GUSN-247153
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The card verso advertises a special shipment of teas and coffees and lists the company's tea store locations across the United States. The store in Boston is at 92 Court Street.
advertising
business (commercial function)
tea
tea stores
servants
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : illustration ; 4 1/2 x 3 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.045.02.04.012
4 1/2 x 3 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.
New York City (New York state)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
trade cards (advertising)
Beverages
Court Street (Boston, Mass.)
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Irish Americans
Domestic workers
Item
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