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Trade card for Corticelli, Florence Knitting Silk, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1881

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1881

GUSN

GUSN-267995

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Description

A boy in Pierrot costume hoists another boy with thread from a Corticelli Silk spool.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
thread
children (people by age group)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.04.02.026

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company (Lithographer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Notions (Merchandise)
Summer Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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