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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-267998

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Description

A boy in Pierrot costume hoists another boy with thread from a Corticelli Silk spool. The description on the card verso states the Florence Knitting Silk can be used for stockings, mittens, edgings and wristers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.04.02.027

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1927.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

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

Description Level

Item

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