Trade card for Herbert Randall, agent for the best pianos manufactured, Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ and The White Sewing Machine, location unknown, undated

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GUSN-259985

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Music
General
Music - General - Folder 2
Trade card for Herbert Randall, agent for the best pianos manufactured, Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ and The White Sewing Machine, location unknown, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Music
    - General
      - Music - General - Folder 2
        Trade card for Herbert Randall, agent for the best pianos manufactured, Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ and The White Sewing Machine, location unknown, undated (current record)
        Trade card for unidentified music store, location unknown, undated
        Ticket for organ construction course, Wallace Goodrich, Recital Hall, The New England Conservatory of Music, Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass., 1914-1915
        Trade card for White, Smith & Co., music publishers, 516 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Champion Banjos of America, Fairbanks & Cole, 121 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1880
        Trade card for Major R.H. Hendershot and son, Lock Box 966, Chicago, Illinois, undated
        Trade card for Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., Boston, New York, Chicago, 1887
        Trade card for Vose & Sons, pianos, Boston, Mass., 1890
        Hotel Wentworth, New Castle, New Hampshire, home of Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries, August, 1905
        Trade card for the Bradley Music Store, Rutland, Vermont, undated
        William Howard, violinist, 15 Haviland Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Temple of Music, Thos. Flaherty & Co., 280 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1872
        Song written for the occasion by John H. Jewett, Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Mass., undated
        Libretto of Nanon, a comic opera in 3 acts, by F. Zell & Richard Genée, The Standard Libretto Co., 210 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1886
        Norma, composed by Bellini, written by Felice Romani, Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1859
        Our nation's struggle, a patriotic allegory, by W.A. Springer, illustrated by Fred A. Springer, Boston and Chicago, White, Smith & Co., 1885

Description

Water fowl stand in front of a palace with palm trees in the background in the card image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
music
organs (aerophones)
sewing machines (equipment)
pianos
musical instruments
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.081.01.02.001

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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