F.M. Holmes Furniture Co., manufacturers of first-class, medium, and low priced furniture, No. 107 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1881

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1881

GUSN

GUSN-250026

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Furnishings - Furniture - General - Folder 3
F.M. Holmes Furniture Co., manufacturers of first-class, medium, and low priced furniture, No. 107 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1881
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Furnishings
    - Furniture
      - Furnishings - Furniture - General
        Furnishings - Furniture - General - Folder 3
        Trade cards for Spurr's Papered Veneers and Marqueteries, 522 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass. and 209 Canal Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., dealers in furniture, carpetings, No. 151 Hanover Street, 114 Blackstone & 9 Marshall Streets, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Gahery & Gendrot, carvers and cabinet makers, 419 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Alfred M. Katz, furniture at wholesale, 1253 Hyde Park Avenue, Hyde Park, and 59 Deering Road, Mattapan, Mass., ca. 1930
        Trade card for Asa Libbey, cabinet maker, No. 179 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for G.H. Fuller, upholsterer, 15 Hardy Street and 115 and 117 Essex Street, location unknown, February 12, 1868
        Trade card for Richard Hardy, dealer in new and second hand furniture, bedding, No. 4 Lafayette Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Card for the Houston Supply Co., furniture, Houston, Texas, undated
        Trade card for Chas. W. Rogers, furniture repairer, 30 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for Perkins' Patent Furniture Castor, Wm. A. Perkins, No. 20 Peabody Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Ye blue laws of ye state of Connecticut, Chamberlin & Co., dealers in first-class furniture, corner Orange & Crown Streets, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for Degraaf & Taylor, furniture & decorations, 47 & 49 West 14th Street, 48 West 15th Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for Alfred Anderson, first class cabinet maker, 6 Front Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Samuel A. Parsons, cabinet work, 7 Park Square and Boylston Square, Boston, Mass., dated November 14, 1895.
        Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Beal & Hooper, manufacturers of furniture, Haymarket Square, Boston and factory at East Cambridge, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Paine's Furniture Manufactory, 48 Canal Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Coupon for S.S. Chamberlin & Co., house furnishing goods, 656 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., December 1, 1862
        Trade card for Shaw, Applin & Co., furniture manufacturers, 27 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Bardwell, Anderson & Co., manufacturers of centre pillar extension, library and work tables, 81 Bristol Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        F.M. Holmes Furniture Co., manufacturers of first-class, medium, and low priced furniture, No. 107 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1881 (current record)
        Postcard for Oren Hooper's Sons, the household outfitters, Portland, Maine, dated August, 1912
        Pegleggers, makers of various and sundry pine benches and stools, 66 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for metal medicine cabinets, H.A. Grimwood Company, 1163 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Description

The leaflet has images and descriptions for various furniture pieces sold by the Holmes Company. The verso describes the firm's commitment to quality products.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
business
furniture
leaflets (printed works)

Physical Description

1 leaflet ; 3 1/2 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.050.02.01.03.024

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., 7/7/2004.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

leaflets (printed works)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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