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Trade card for Joseph M. Foster, photographer, No. 343 Broadway, South Boston, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-265486

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Description

Handwritten text on the item verso reads "Found on attic floor, Gen. Sylvanus Thayer birthplace, Braintree, with many other photographers' paraphernalia, 1957."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
photographers
generals
houses
dwellings
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.089.01.01.017

Image Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

South Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Braintree (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other People

Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872

Subjects

Broadway Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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