Trade cards for J.J. McCarthy, high grade loam and sods for sale, 86 Temple Street, West Roxbury, Mass., 1920-1940

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-250924

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Gardening
General
Gardening - General - Folder 1
Trade cards for J.J. McCarthy, high grade loam and sods for sale, 86 Temple Street, West Roxbury, Mass., 1920-1940
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Gardening
    - General
      - Gardening - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for George G. Collinge & Co., horticultural supplies, 177 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1920-1940
        Trade card for Anthony P. Farrell, gardener, 206 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1920-1940
        Business card for Mr. Rudolph H. Folgmann, Apothecaries Hall Company, agricultural chemists, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1920-1940
        Business card for Joseph F. Lucas, Apothecaries Hall Company, agricultural chemists, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1920-1940
        Trade card for the Garden in the Woods, wild flowers and wild gardens, South Sudbury, Mass., 1920-1940
        Trade card for Roland A. Scollins, arboretum tree surgeons, 15 Fairview Street, Roslindale, Mass., 1920-1940
        Trade card for Middlemas Brothers, retail market gardeners, 49 Warren Street, Brighton and Red Wing Farm, South Natick, Mass., 1920-1940
        Trade cards for J.J. McCarthy, high grade loam and sods for sale, 86 Temple Street, West Roxbury, Mass., 1920-1940 (current record)
        Trade card for J.J. McCarthy, general contractor, 86 Temple Street, West Roxbury, Mass., 1920-1940
        Trade card for Stoughton Nurseries, Robert Laurie & Sons, 149 Central Street, Stoughton, Mass, 1920-1940
        Trade card for P.B. Follansbee, dealer in fruit and ornamental trees, Haggett's Pond Nurseries, Andover, Mass., undated
        Trade card for L.T. Hughson, nurseryman and dealer, Milton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Anthony Farrell, landscape gardening, 206 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1920-1940
        Trade card for Anthony J. Farrell, landscape gardening, 206 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1920-1940
        Billhead for Nicholson, Frost & Co., crockery, china, and glassware, 137 & 139 Milk and 2 & 4 Oliver Streets, Boston, Mass., dated August 30, 1879
        Individual right of Best's Improved Fruit Tree and Vine Insect Destroyer and Invigorator, J. Ahearn, Marble Building, No. 5 Post Office Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 1869
        Trade card for the New Easy Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., undated
        Notice, Braun Grass Catcher, John Braun & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
        List of parts and directions for use of the Great American Ball Bearing Lawn Mower, Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
        Trade card, Excelsior Side Wheel Mower, manufactured by Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co., Newburgh, New York

Description

A telephone number is printed on the lower left corner of the card. The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the verso.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
gardening
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

2 trade cards ; 2 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.053.01.01.008

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Boston City Archives, 10/7/2002 .

Places

West Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Temple Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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