Trade card for M.A. Porter, watch spring, skirt maker and dealer in thread store goods, 236 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

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GUSN-266846

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Sewing equipment and supplies
General
Sewing equipment and supplies - General - Folder 1
Trade card for M.A. Porter, watch spring, skirt maker and dealer in thread store goods, 236 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Sewing equipment and supplies
    - General
      - Sewing equipment and supplies - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for M.A. Porter, watch spring, skirt maker and dealer in thread store goods, 236 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated (current record)
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        Trade card for Corticelli, sewing silk and twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., Florence, Mass., undated
        Envelope for the Robey-French Co., cord and screw-eyes, 34 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Gold Medal Braid Co., sewing braid, Attleboro' Falls, Mass., undated
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        Letterhead for the L. Sprague Company, bobbins, spools and shuttles, Lawrence, Mass., dated June 3, 1889
        Billhead for Forbes, Richardson & Co., notions, Summer, corner Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 11, 1871
        Wrapping paper for Isaac D. Allen & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in trimmings, buttons, laces and thread store goods, 21 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Wrapping paper for Utopia Yarns, 457 Broome Street, New York, New York, undated

Description

Porter is now prepared to do initial letter stamping on handkerchiefs, clothing and table linen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
stamping (forming)
thread
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.01.01.001

Image Dimensions

2 1/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Essex Street (Salem, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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