Advertisement for Chocolates of Wirth, Wirth, Boston, Mass., 1923

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1923

GUSN

GUSN-249505

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Food enterprises
Confectioneries
Food enterprises - Confectioneries - Folder 1
Advertisement for Chocolates of Wirth, Wirth, Boston, Mass., 1923
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Food enterprises
    - Confectioneries
      - Food enterprises - Confectioneries - Folder 1
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        Trade card for George Close, wholesale confectioner, 243 Broadway, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated
        Trade card for E.C. Atwood, confectionery, 487 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Baker's Chocolate and Bon Bons, Winthrop M. Baker, 490 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated
        Label for Princess Chocolate, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Betty Standish Candies, Betty Standish, location unknown, 1923-1924
        Billhead for M.R. Jones, confectioner and caterer, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., dated July 1, 1889
        Billhead for J.T. Pillman & Co., pure fruit preserves, jams and jellies, Ayer, Mass., dated April 21, 1902
        Billhead for Crystal Confectionery Co., manufacturing confectioners, Rutland, Vermont, dated September 10, 1919
        Trade card for Maillard, fancy chocolate & bonbons, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for unknown confectioner, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for unknown confectioner, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for unknown confectioner, location unknown, undated
        A. & H. McDonald, confectioners, 337 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Charles Copeland, confectioner, 85 & 87 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Weber, confectioner, 25 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Dolly Drake and Bobby Blake Brittle Mints, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for W.F. Pearson, candy manufactory, 37 1-2 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass., undated
        Trade card for W.F. Pearson, candy manufactory, 37 1-2 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass., undated
        Trade card for W.F. Pearson, candy manufactory, 37 1-2 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass., undated
        Trade card for PH. Suchard, fabrique de chocolat, London, Paris, New York, undated
        Trade card for Stephen F. Whitman & Son, chocolate, bon bons and confections, south west corner 12th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for Stephen F. Whitman & Son, chocolate, bon bons and confections, south west corner 12th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Home of The Elisabeth Chase Maple Candies, Lyndon, Vermont, undated
        Billhead for F.E. Weber, confectioner and caterer, 25 & 27 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Billhead for James Dooling, Dr., caterer and confectioner, 11 & 13 Temple Place and 1447 & 1449 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Handbill for Walter Baker & Co's Manufactory, chocolate, cocoa and broma preparations, Dorchester, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Chocolates of Wirth, Wirth, Boston, Mass., 1923 (current record)
        Choice receipts by Miss Parloa, specially prepared for Walter Baker & Cos exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893
        Billhead for Chas. Copeland, confectioner, No. 4 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass. 1875

Description

The item is intended to stand up in a window display by using the built-in prop. The verso reads "Used in a Dorchester shop window display, 1923."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
confectioners (candymakers)
candy
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement ; 11 x 7 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.046.03.01.028

Image Dimensions

11 x 7 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 25, 1924.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

Subjects

Chocolate candy

Description Level

Item

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