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Sewall, Day & Co.'s Cordage Manufactory, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1862

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 1-10

GUSN

GUSN-251845

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Description

Plot plan and perspective drawing of the Sewall, Day & Co. plant based on an 1891 survey.

Details

Descriptive Terms

factories (structures)
manufacturers
cord (fiber product)
perspective views
plans (orthographic projections)
wagons (cargo vehicles)
prints (visual works)
lithographs

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR9OVR

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.009b

Image Dimensions

20 x 26.75 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Plumer, W. B. (Artist)
Newell, J. P., fl. 1858-1866 (Artist)
J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs

Other Organizations

Sewall & Day Cordage Company

Restrictions

good - slight tears in margin, slightly dirty

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 1-10

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