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Gorham Mfg. Co., silversmiths, Providence, Rhode Island

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1867

Location Note

Product catalogues: Household: Silver and silverware

GUSN

GUSN-267792

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Description

The Company makes electro-plated silverware, including dinner and tea sets and tableware. The other side has advertisements for the Florence Sewing Machine and the diamond edition of "The Pickwick Papers," by Charles Dickens published by Ticknor & Fields.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
silverware
silversmiths
tableware
electroplating
sewing machines (equipment)
books
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement ; 9 x 5 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.012.006.006

Date Notes

February 1867

Image Dimensions

9 x 5 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

advertisements

Other People

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Other Organizations

Florence Sewing Machine Company
Ticknor and Fields

Descriptive Terms

The Gorham Mfg. Co.
C. Patch & Co.
Ticknor & Fields

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Household: Silver and silverware

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