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HGO-01-001-O-C-202; Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: Ironwork
GUSN-268970
This trade catalogue contains harmful stereotypical imagery of Native American people.
Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text.
The catalogue includes images, descriptions, and prices for weathervanes made and sold by W. A. Snow. The inside back cover advertises a weathervane of Massasoit. The back cover has ads for unclimbable iron and wire fences.
advertising
business (commercial function)
weathervanes
metalworking
trade catalogs
1 trade catalog, 8 pages : illustrations ; 6 1/2 x 5 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
1940-10-17; 1940-10-22
EP001.12.002.006.002
Gift
6 1/2 x 5 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of W. A. Snow Co., 17 October 1940.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc. (Publisher)
trade catalogs
Portland Street (Boston, Mass.)
Native American
Sculpture
W. A Snow Co., Inc.
Item
HGO-01-001-O-C-202; Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: Ironwork
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