Trade card for Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., lithographers, Block & Albertype Printers, 21 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Printing
General
Printing - General - Folder 3
Trade card for Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., lithographers, Block & Albertype Printers, 21 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Printing
    - General
      - Printing - General - Folder 3
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        Trade card for Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., lithographers, Block & Albertype Printers, 21 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, undated (current record)
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Description

Forbes does commercial work and label work including dry goods tickets, bands and tags. The card verso describes the Albertype process and reproductions done for commercial and private publications. Forbes has offices in Boston and New York.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
printers (people)
lithographers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 9 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.01.03.027

Image Dimensions

9 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

File part

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