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Advertisement for Geer & Turrill

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1850

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 221-230

GUSN

GUSN-250111

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Description

An advertisement for a sale at Geer & Turrill, for "watches, jewelry, silver ware, and fancy goods..." Sale commenced on April 1: "No April Foolery in this!!"

Details

Descriptive Terms

stores
watches
jewelry
silverware
chains (object genres)
pins (jewelry)
earrings (jewelry)
rings (jewelry)
bracelets (jewelry)
lockets
cases (containers)
spectacles
thimbles
sales events
advertisements
broadsides (notices)
posters
prints (visual works)

Physical Description

1 broadside

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.227

Image Dimensions

14.5 x 9.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Mudge, Alfred, 1809-1882 (Printer)

Material Type

advertisements
broadsides (notices)
posters
prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Geer & Turrill

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 221-230

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