1885
GUSN-249225
In the illustration an African-American waiter serves a family in the restaurant. The card verso lists the times for the Hingham, Hull and Downer Landing Steamboat Company from India Wharf. It is the only line running to Melville Garden.
advertising
business (commercial function)
food
restaurants
steamboats
families
waiters (people)
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : color illustration ; 4 1/2 x 3 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.046.05.02.030
4 1/2 x 3 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Greg Smart, October 20, 1997.
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts) [harbor]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Crow Point (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
trade cards (advertising)
Melville Garden (Firm)
Clambakes
African American men
African Americans
African Americans in advertising
Item
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