1872
GUSN-260123
Bloomfield & Otis Pianos and Weber Piano-Fortes are carried by the Flaherty Company on Washington Street. The card image shows the Boston Coliseum, site of the 1872 World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival. It was held in Boston in 1872 to commemorate the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The Boston Coliseum, which housed the event, was designed by William Preston and intended to be a temporary structure. The event was organized by composer and bandmaster Patrick Gilmore.
advertising
business (commercial function)
music
pianos
organs (aerophones)
festivals
peace
temporary buildings
concerts
wars
exterior views
commercial buildings
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : illustrations (some color) ; 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.081.01.02.012
3 3/4 x 6 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Preston, William Gibbons, 1842-1910 (Architect)
Thomas Flaherty & Company (Publisher)
trade cards (advertising)
Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892
Worlds Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival (1872 : Boston, Mass.)
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
St. James Park (Boston, Mass.)
St. James Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copley Square (Boston, Mass.)
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
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