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Label for M'Burney, saddler and harness maker, No. 25 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

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  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-266608

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Description

The business manufactures travelling trunks, hat boxes and military accoutrements in addition to saddlery. Handwritten text on the item verso reads "From the inside of the cover of a trunk which came from the house of Miss Annett P. Rogers, 5 Joy Street, Boston, December 1921."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
saddles (seats)
horse trappings
trunks (containers)
labels (identifying artifacts)

Physical Description

1 label ; 6 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.100.01.01.003

Image Dimensions

6 1/4 x 5 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, 3 January 1922.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

labels (identifying artifacts)

Subjects

Saddlery
Horses
Tremont Row (Boston, Mass.)
Joy Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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