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Boston evening transcript ruler, The Transcript, Boston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1930

Location Note

Product catalogues: Books and printing: Printing and printed matter

GUSN

GUSN-266521

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Description

The ruler commemorates the 100th anniversary of the "Boston evening transcript," 1830-1930. The verso text reads "Boston's Book Paper." A mailing label for the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities is attached to the outside of the mylar sleeve.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
newspapers
anniversaries
rulers (measuring devices)
promotional materials

Physical Description

1 ruler ; 3/4 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.005.001.023

Image Dimensions

3/4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

rulers (measuring devices)
promotional materials

Other Organizations

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Subjects

Cambridge Street (Boston, Mass.)

Descriptive Terms

S. W. H. Taylor
Boston Evening Transcript

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Books and printing: Printing and printed matter

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