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Orlando Tompkins, druggist and apothecary, No. 271 Washington Street, corner Winter Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1865

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

ca. 1865

GUSN

GUSN-258523

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Description

The drugstore merchandise is described on the sheet. The handwritten text on the top right corner reads "before 1873."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
drugstores
sheets (information artifacts)
tissue paper

Physical Description

1 sheet ; 7 x 10 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.075.03.01.033

Image Dimensions

7 x 10 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

sheets (information artifacts)
tissue paper

Subjects

Drugs
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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