Property of The U.S. Instantaneous Photographic Company, 113 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Photography
General
Photography - General - Folder 1
Property of The U.S. Instantaneous Photographic Company, 113 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Photography
    - General
      - Photography - General - Folder 1
        Handbill for amateur photography in easy lessons, Scovill Manufacturing Company, 419 and 421 Broome Street, New York, June 1882
        Price list for detective and concealed cameras, C.H. Codman and Company, 34 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880
        Advertisement for stereoscopes, Wm. E. Abbott & Co., 262 Washington Street, corner of Avon Place, Boston, Mass., 1858
        Instructions for working the Stanley Dry Plate, Western Office, 84 Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois, undated
        Hints on composition, American Photographic Publishing Company, 361 Broadway, New York City, New York, undated
        Velox book, the working of a simple paper told in simple terms, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, December 1914
        Envelope for The Shorey Studio and Tea Room, Randolph, New Hampshire, undated
        Property of The U.S. Instantaneous Photographic Company, 113 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
        Price list, developing, printing on Velox and enlarging, Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc., Robey-French Company, 38 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Frank Thiel, photo retouching, 161 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Semco Photostats, Spaulding-Moss Co., 42 Franklin Street and 263 Park Square Building, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Barker & Starbird, photographic equipment, 56 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 28, 1892
        Envelope for J.W. Black & Co., artist photographers, 333 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for J. McCormick, photographer, 23 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., dated June 12, 1876
        Billhead for Benj. French & Co., importers and dealers in photographic goods, No. 319 Washington Street, opposite Milk Street, Boston, Mass., 1900

Description

Four photographs display a Patent Brass Pedestal with the "Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of Genl. Grant" album resting on it.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
photography
pedestals
albums

Physical Description

1 album ; 6 x 3 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.090.01.01.008

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. George W. Lane, 8 May 1928.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

U. S. Instantaneous Photographic Co. (Photographer)

Material Type

albums

Other People

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Subjects

Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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