Trade card for Burrows Light, The Incandescent Gas-Light Co., 99 Haverhill Street, opposite North Union Station, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-257963

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Lighting
General
Lighting - General - Folder 4
Trade card for Burrows Light, The Incandescent Gas-Light Co., 99 Haverhill Street, opposite North Union Station, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Lighting
    - General
      - Lighting - General - Folder 4
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Description

The card describes the business as the "Cheapest and most powerful artificial light in the world."

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.071.01.04.002

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Gregory Smart, 1997.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Haverhill Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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