Stranger's guide around Boston and how to leave it for the guests of The Tremont House, hotel, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1855

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

ca. 1855

GUSN

GUSN-254962

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Hotels and taverns
Massachusetts
Hotels and taverns - Massachusetts - Boston - Folder 3
Stranger's guide around Boston and how to leave it for the guests of The Tremont House, hotel, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1855
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Hotels and taverns
    - Massachusetts
      - Hotels and taverns - Massachusetts - Boston - Folder 3
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        Trade card for The Brunswick, hotel, Boylston Street, corner Clarendon, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The Brunswick, hotel, Boylston Street, corner Clarendon, Boston, Mass., undated
        Menu for The Brunswick, hotel, Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., May 8, 1879
        Letterhead for The Brunswick and The Lenox, hotels, on either side of Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Dooley's Merchants' Exchange Hotel, State Street, Boston, Mass., 1856
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        Trade card for the American House, hotel, Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870
        Trade card for the Pearl Street House, lodging house, corner of Pearl & Milk Streets, Boston, Mass., ca. 1850
        Trade card for the Albion, hotel, corner of Tremont & Beacon Streets, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Clark's Hotel, 577 & 579 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Campbell House, lodging house, No. 6 Wilson Lane from State Street to Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for the Hotel Vendome, Commonwealth Avenue at Dartmouth Street, Boston, Mass., July 1922
        Stranger's guide around Boston and how to leave it for the guests of The Tremont House, hotel, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1855 (current record)
        Trade card for the Mariner's Home, 312 & 314 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Broadside for the Marshall House, lodging house, No. 10 Marshall Street, Boston, Mass, undated
        Letterhead for the Parker House, hotel, School Street, corner of Tremont, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Postcard for the Hotel Bellevue, next to the State House, Boston, Mass., dated May 8, 1928
        Billhead for the Adams House, hotel, 371 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 1, 1848
        Billhead for the Adams House, hotel, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated February 29, 1856
        Billhead for the Adams House, hotel, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1864
        Billhead for the Adams House, hotel, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 31, 1867
        Billhead for the Adams House, hotel, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 31, 1868
        Billhead for the Merchant's Hotel, 42 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 19, 1831
        Billhead for the Winthrop House, hotel, corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets, Boston, Mass., dated April 1, 1853
        Billhead for the Quincy House, hotel, corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., dated June 1, 1853
        Billhead for the Quincy House, hotel, corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., dated July 15, 1854
        Billhead for the Quincy House, hotel, corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., dated January 1, 1859
        Letterhead for The Quincy, hotel, Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., dated February 19, 1911
        Letterhead for The Quincy, hotel, Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., undated
        Broadside for the United States Hotel, corner of Kingston Beach and Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., 1842
        Billhead for the Revere House, hotel, Bowdoin Square, Boston, dated March 15, 1861
        Hotel Bellevue on Beacon Hill, Boston, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass., ca. 1925
        Trade card for the Hotel Kenmore, 496 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass.
        Boston and New York hotels of distinction
        Class A hotels, points about Boston and New York, Hotel Booklet Company, 1270 Broadway, New York, New York
        Handbill for the Revere House, hotel, Bowdoin Square, Boston, Mass., June, 1869

Description

The folded guide lists places of amusement, objects of interest, public buildings, pleasant drives, suburban sights, cemeteries and travel to other cities using railroads and steam ships. The back cover has an advertisement for Grover & Baker's Sewing Machines. The item was printed by Allen, 22 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
hotels (public accommodations)
historic sites
sewing machines (equipment)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.062.04.03.016

Image Dimensions

3 1/4 x 2 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Lawrence Park, 9 May 1924.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Tourists

Description Level

Item

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